Cairs Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Cairs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cairs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Cairs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cairs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cairs is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cairs.

How Common Is The Last Name Cairs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Cairs reside; 27 percent reside in Southern Africa and 27 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Cairs is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 67 percent reside and Gauteng, where 33 percent reside. Other than South Africa it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Cairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cairs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chairs914/
Caiers911/
Cars89252/
Cirs892/
Chairse8339/
Cauiers830/
Caihers830/
Carse801,834/
Caers801,518/
Carss80551/
Ciers80212/
Cirss80121/
Carst80117/
Chars8051/
Carrs8041/
Chirs8034/
Carsh8029/
Cears8013/
Cirsz807/
Caurs805/
Kairs802/
Caars802/
Cayrs802/
Zairs802/
Catrs801/
Cahrs800/
Chears73273/
Scears73128/
Chiers73128/
Cheirs7384/
Charse7352/
Carsch7345/
Chirse7339/
Cauers7335/
Sciers7328/
Charsh7323/
Cayers7314/
Cirsch7312/
Cahars7310/
Chaurs734/
Carshe732/
Kaiirs731/
Chirsz731/
Carsjø731/
Carsce731/
Charsz731/
Csears731/
Chiors731/
Cajers731/
Charrs730/
Cuiers730/
Cuirst730/
Kars677,207/
Kirs671,298/
Zars67292/
Cers67213/
Khairsh6786/
Cyrs6773/
Kauiers6713/
Chaurse6711/
Qars678/
Chayers673/
Chauers673/
Chearrs673/
Carx673/
Charshe671/
Cjrs671/
Chirsch671/
Caarshe671/
Cquiers671/
Ciowers671/
Zirs671/
Czirsch671/
Cauwers671/
Qirs671/
Kairsch670/
Caursth670/
Ciggers670/

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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
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  • 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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