# Adair (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/adair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,708 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,927 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,503 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (17,969 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Adair in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Adair in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

## People named Adair

- John Adair, American politician (1757–1840)
- Jean Adair, actress (1873-1953)
- Tom Adair, American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter (1913-1988)
- Belle Adair, American actress and singer
- Sandra Adair, American film editor
- John Adair, author, military historian and leadership theorist

## Similar surnames

Ader, Autry, Autrey, Ater.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.