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The AYRES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 10,989 3025 0.004 41
United States (1880 census) 5,406 1121 0.011 108
Change since 1880 +5583 -1904 -0.007 -67
Other Countries
Australia 1,106 1499 0.007 68
United Kingdom 6,706 939 0.015 146
Top States for AYRES by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,034 3032 0.003 31
Texas 897 2583 0.004 43
Pennsylvania 664 2285 0.005 54
Virginia 581 1614 0.008 82
Florida 577 3576 0.004 36
Top States for AYRES by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maryland 526 1153 0.010 99
Delaware 72 1952 0.009 92
Virginia 581 1614 0.008 82
Oregon 267 1607 0.008 78
Indiana 417 1841 0.007 69

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called AYRES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called AYRES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called AYRES in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a AYRES by picking someone at random in Maryland than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of AYRES

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AYRES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the AYRES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of AYRES in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 612 5.57
White (Hispanic) 190 1.73
Mixed Race 151 1.37
Asian/Pacific 46 0.42
Native American/Alaskan 35 0.32
White (Caucasian) 9,956 90.6

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the AYRES surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of AYRES in historical publications

(origin: Local) Derived from a river, town, and district of the same name in Scotland. Air, Gaelic. Derivation uncertain. It may come from Iar, west--the course in which the river runs; or Air, slaughter, the place of battle. The Celtic Aer, and the Welsh Awyr, signify, radically, to open, expand or flow clearly; to shoot or radiate. In Thorpe's catalogue of the deeds of Battle Abbey, we find the following legendary account of this name: "Ayres, formerly Eyre. The first of this family was named Truelove, one of the followers of William the Conqueror. At the battle of Hastings, Duke William was flung from his horse, and his helmet beaten into his face, which Truelove observing, pulled off, and horsed him again. The duke told him 'Thou shalt hereafter from Truelove be called Eyre (or Air), because thou hast given me the air I breathe.' After the battle, the Duke, on inquiry respecting him, found him severely wounded (his leg and thigh having been struck off); he ordered him the utmost care, and on his recovery, gave him lands in Derby, in reward for his services, and the leg and thigh in armor, cut off, for his crest; an honorary badge yet worn by all the Eyres in England."

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to AYRES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AYRES.

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Potential typos for AYRES

The following words are slight variants of AYRES that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.