Cayres Surname
Approximately 1,686 people bear this surname
Cayres Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,651 | 1:129,663 | 4,941 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Cayres Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cayres Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cayres occurs most in Brazil. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cayres? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 237,927th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,322,388 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Cayres are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Cayres is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 1,651 people, or 1 in 129,663. In Brazil Cayres is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 57 percent are found, Bahia, where 12 percent are found and Paraná, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Cayres Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cayres has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cayres last name declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cayres
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