Cayer Surname
Approximately 5,681 people bear this surname
Cayer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3,713 | 1:9,923 | 1,486 |
| United States | 1,694 | 1:213,966 | 20,872 |
| France | 203 | 1:327,206 | 49,567 |
| Colombia | 25 | 1:1,910,963 | 11,972 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89 | 1:564,255 | 38,527 |
The alternate forms: Çayer (1) are calculated separately.
Cayer (20) may also be a first name.
Cayer Demographics
Average Cayer Salary in
United States
$43,407 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cayer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cayer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cayer is found most frequently in Canada. It can occur as: Çayer. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cayer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cayer is the 84,974th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,282,793 people. The last name Cayer is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Cayer live; 95 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Gallo-North America. Cayer is also the 2,446,817th most common first name on earth, held by 20 people.
Cayer is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 3,713 people, or 1 in 9,923. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 73 percent reside, Ontario, where 15 percent reside and British Columbia, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Canada this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Cayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cayer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cayer surname increased 1,903 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cayer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cayer last name are 3.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.58% registered with the party.
The amount Cayer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 75.77% more than the national average, earning $39,903,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.6% more than the national average, earning $43,407 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $41,921 CAD per year.
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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 Cayer
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