Cairo Surname
Approximately 18,687 people bear this surname
Cairo Surname Definition:
(Italian) One who came from Cairo (victorious), in Italy; perhaps, in a few cases, one who came from Cairo (victorious), in Egypt.
Cairo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,929 | 1:31,388 | 3,371 |
| United States | 2,619 | 1:138,396 | 14,442 |
| Italy | 2,386 | 1:25,631 | 4,573 |
| Philippines | 1,685 | 1:60,082 | 10,113 |
| Argentina | 1,588 | 1:26,917 | 2,251 |
| Cuba | 1,486 | 1:7,754 | 752 |
| Peru | 910 | 1:34,928 | 3,404 |
| Dominican Republic | 716 | 1:14,571 | 1,075 |
| Venezuela | 658 | 1:45,903 | 2,364 |
| Suriname | 639 | 1:865 | 54 |
| France | 571 | 1:116,327 | 17,517 |
| Netherlands | 433 | 1:39,000 | 6,588 |
| Brazil | 367 | 1:583,309 | 21,779 |
| Spain | 302 | 1:154,808 | 11,333 |
| Bolivia | 300 | 1:35,388 | 2,247 |
| Uruguay | 240 | 1:14,299 | 1,619 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Canada | 173 | 1:212,980 | 20,593 |
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Australia | 36 | 1:749,881 | 48,970 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 69 | 1:727,807 | 46,603 |
The alternate forms: Cairó (28) & Caïro (1) are calculated separately.
Cairo (5,855) may also be a first name.
Cairo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) One who came from Cairo (victorious), in Italy; perhaps, in a few cases, one who came from Cairo (victorious), in Egypt.
Cairo Demographics
Average Male Cairo Height
173.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cairo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cairo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cairo (Hindi: कैरो) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Cairó or Caïro. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cairo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,738th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 389,979 people. The last name Cairo is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Cairo live; 25 percent live in South America and 16 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 87,064th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 5,855 people.
The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,929 people, or 1 in 31,388. Outside of Egypt it exists in 73 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Italy, where 13 percent reside.
Cairo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cairo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cairo surname expanded 3,796 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cairo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cairo last name are 9.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.15% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cairo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 23.6% less than the national average, earning €22,944 per year; in Peru they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,322 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.42% less than the national average, earning $20,791,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.32% more than the national average, earning $47,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.48% more than the national average, earning $60,356 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cairo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cairo in the Hindi language | ||
| कैरो | kairo | - |
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Footnotes
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