Cairs Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Cairs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Cairs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cairs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cairs occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cairs.
How Common Is The Last Name Cairs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cairs is the 5,812,366th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Cairs live; 27 percent live in Southern Africa and 27 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Cairs is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Cairs is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 67 percent are found and Gauteng, where 33 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.
Cairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cairs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cairs surname contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairs | 91 | 4 | / |
| Caiers | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cars | 89 | 252 | / |
| Cirs | 89 | 2 | / |
| Chairse | 83 | 39 | / |
| Cauiers | 83 | 0 | / |
| Caihers | 83 | 0 | / |
| Carse | 80 | 1,834 | / |
| Caers | 80 | 1,518 | / |
| Carss | 80 | 551 | / |
| Ciers | 80 | 212 | / |
| Cirss | 80 | 121 | / |
| Carst | 80 | 117 | / |
| Chars | 80 | 51 | / |
| Carrs | 80 | 41 | / |
| Chirs | 80 | 34 | / |
| Carsh | 80 | 29 | / |
| Cears | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cirsz | 80 | 7 | / |
| Caurs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kairs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Caars | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cayrs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zairs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Catrs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cahrs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chears | 73 | 273 | / |
| Scears | 73 | 128 | / |
| Chiers | 73 | 128 | / |
| Cheirs | 73 | 84 | / |
| Charse | 73 | 52 | / |
| Carsch | 73 | 45 | / |
| Chirse | 73 | 39 | / |
| Cauers | 73 | 35 | / |
| Sciers | 73 | 28 | / |
| Charsh | 73 | 23 | / |
| Cayers | 73 | 14 | / |
| Cirsch | 73 | 12 | / |
| Cahars | 73 | 10 | / |
| Chaurs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Carshe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kaiirs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chirsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Carsjø | 73 | 1 | / |
| Carsce | 73 | 1 | / |
| Charsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Csears | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chiors | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cajers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Charrs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cuiers | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cuirst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kars | 67 | 7,207 | / |
| Kirs | 67 | 1,298 | / |
| Zars | 67 | 292 | / |
| Cers | 67 | 213 | / |
| Khairsh | 67 | 86 | / |
| Cyrs | 67 | 73 | / |
| Kauiers | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chaurse | 67 | 11 | / |
| Qars | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chayers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chauers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chearrs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Carx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Charshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cjrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chirsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caarshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cquiers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ciowers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zirs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czirsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cauwers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qirs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kairsch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caursth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ciggers | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cairs
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