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Where Does The Last Name Shair Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Shair (Georgian: შაირ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺻﻐﻴﺮ, Hindi: शैर, Marathi: शैर, Oriya: ଶଇର, Russian: Шаир) is most common in Pakistan. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Shaïr. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shair? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 16,549^th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 217,305 people. The last name Shair occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Shair reside; 84 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 10,407^th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 97,770 people.

The last name Shair is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 27,406 people, or 1 in 6,518. In Pakistan Shair is mostly found in: Sindh, where 50 percent live, Punjab, where 33 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 13 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 11 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.

Shair Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Shair has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shair last name rose 955 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shair Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Shair surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (80%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Shair surname are 32.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.48% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Shair earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 25.65% more than the national average, earning $54,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.26% more than the national average, earning $74,654 CAD per year.