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    The surname Cyr

    A surname, carried by 11,829 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /sɪɚ/ 1 syllable Soundex C600

    Cyr: #3,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cyr #3,029, 11,829 people Cyr: #3,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cyr #3,029, 11,829 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cyr is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,829 people named Cyr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,101 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,611.

    #3,029
    rank among US surnames
    11,829
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,832)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,020Fraley11,87625,997
    #3,022Allan11,86726,017
    #3,023Beauchamp11,86526,022
    #3,024Viera11,86126,030
    #3,025Moffett11,85326,048
    #3,026Stuckey11,84626,063
    #3,027Brumfield11,84226,072

    Who is named Cyr

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Cyr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cyr?
    11,829 people in the United States had the surname Cyr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,101 Americans. It ranked 3,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cyr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cyr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Cyr?
    Cyr is /sɪɚ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Cyr getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,829 in 2010, up 1.9%.