Nairs Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Nairs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Nairs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nairs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nairs (Hindi: नईर्स) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nairs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nairs is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Nairs reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India Nairs is mostly found in: Kerala, where 89 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairsp | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nairse | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nairrs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nars | 89 | 398 | / |
| Nirs | 89 | 67 | / |
| Najrs | 80 | 4,011 | / |
| Narse | 80 | 877 | / |
| Niers | 80 | 538 | / |
| Narsh | 80 | 238 | / |
| Nears | 80 | 226 | / |
| Gnirs | 80 | 74 | / |
| Neirs | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nirsh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Noirs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Narst | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nhars | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naars | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nirse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nahrs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Narrs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngirs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naurs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Neiers | 73 | 156 | / |
| Gnirss | 73 | 95 | / |
| Nayars | 73 | 27 | / |
| Narshe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Nirsch | 73 | 17 | / |
| Nahars | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nayers | 73 | 5 | / |
| Najors | 73 | 4 | / |
| Naursh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Najrsh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Noiers | 73 | 2 | / |
| Narsch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nearss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Najers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Narshh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gnirrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nøiers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naarse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nierrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nawers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nauers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Narsse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Narssh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nattrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naurst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngarsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niyers | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niears | 73 | 0 | / |
| Naurss | 73 | 0 | / |
| Noirst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Naurse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ners | 67 | 520 | / |
| Narsova | 67 | 29 | / |
| Narx | 67 | 15 | / |
| Niersch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Niggers | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhrs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nieyers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Najarsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nirx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nirsche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nattrss | 67 | 0 | / |
Nairs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nairs in the Hindi language | ||
| नईर्स | na'irsa | 50 |
| नइर्स | na'irsa | 50 |
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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 Nairs
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