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 may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cayres? popularity and diffusion
It is the 237,927th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 4,322,388 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,651 people, or 1 in 129,663. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 57 percent reside, Bahia, where 12 percent reside and Paraná, where 7 percent reside. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Cayres Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cayres has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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