Where Does The Last Name Gayr Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Gayr (Russian: Гайр) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gayr? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Gayr is the 2,460,878^th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Gayr are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gayr is also the 1,994,417^th most numerous first name globally, held by 28 people.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 64 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.

Gayr Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Gayr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gayr last name fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.