The MAIR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,450	11722	0.001	9
United States (1880 census)	284	14889	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+2166	+3167	0	+3
Other Countries
Australia	601	2695	0.004	37
United Kingdom	4,112	1525	0.009	90

Top States for MAIR by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	298	1139	0.013	133
Florida	273	7920	0.002	17
New York	231	9341	0.001	12
California	199	14041	0.001	6
Texas	142	12949	0.001	7
Top States for MAIR by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	298	1139	0.013	133
Wyoming	31	2306	0.006	63
Vermont	13	7350	0.002	21
Florida	273	7920	0.002	17
Wisconsin	84	11907	0.002	16

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of MAIR

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MAIR 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 MAIR 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 MAIR in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	364	14.86
Asian/Pacific	104	4.24
Mixed Race	79	3.22
White (Hispanic)	65	2.65
Native American/Alaskan	21	0.86
White (Caucasian)	1,817	74.16

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

Similar names to MAIR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MAIR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.