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
Nairs (Hindi: नईर्स) is found most frequently in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nairs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Nairs are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India Nairs is most frequent in: Kerala, where 89 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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