Phairs Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Phairs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Phairs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phairs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phairs is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phairs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Phairs is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Phairs reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most widespread in Scotland, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 254,944. In Scotland it is most numerous in: South Lanarkshire, where 100 percent live. Not including Scotland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Phairs has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Phairs last name grew 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 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 Phairs
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