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 commonly found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Phairs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Phairs is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Phairs are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 254,944. In Scotland Phairs is mostly found in: South Lanarkshire, where 100 percent are found. Other than Scotland it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phairs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency 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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