Peairs Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Peairs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peairs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4021:901,63967,958
England121:4,643,172139,951
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

Peairs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peairs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Peairs is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peairs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 699,651st most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Peairs are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 901,639. In The United States Peairs is most common in: California, where 29 percent reside, Louisiana, where 18 percent reside and Ohio, where 13 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Peairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peairs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Peairs last name increased 419 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Peairs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Peairs last name are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the party.

Peairs earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.14% less than the national average, earning $39,205 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peairse920/
Pauirs830/
Peoirs830/
Paijers7711/
Peairce771/
Piers733,719/
Pyers731,044/
Paers732/
Pgers731/
Pierse67604/
Pietrs6740/
Paerse672/
Peeers672/
Pierrs672/
Bpyers671/
Pihyrs671/
Paersh671/
Phiers671/
Piersz671/
Piaers670/
Paersch6214/
Piersch6214/
Pietrsz626/
Pierstt620/
Piersova572/
Piersche571/
Pyershova531/
Pierce50195,033/
Paerce5020/
Pierze506/
Pierch503/
Píerce501/
Pierçe501/
Pyerce501/

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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 Peairs
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