How common is the surname Hair?

7,814 people in the United States had the surname Hair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,512 Americans. It ranked 4,539th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hair getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,814 in 2010, down 5.1%.

The surname Hair

A patronymic surname, carried by 7,814 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hair is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

* As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from ó héir (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”), similar to Hare, O'Hare, Haire. * As an English surname, from the noun hair. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Ayre, Ayer. * As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Haar, from haar (“sandy ridge”) (from Proto-Germanic *harugaz) and from the adjective Haar (“hair”).

Hair is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,814 people named Hair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,512 Americans. That is down 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,231.

#4,539

rank among US surnames

7,814

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,959)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,530	Loredo	7,830	39,431
#4,531	Krug	7,827	39,446
#4,532	Samuelson	7,824	39,461
#4,533	Donato	7,823	39,466
#4,534	Villalpando	7,821	39,476
#4,535	Orta	7,820	39,482
#4,538	Yount	7,817	39,497

Who is named Hair

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

79% of people named Hair identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hair

Hair has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

Where does the surname Hair come from?: * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from ó héir (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”), similar to Hare, O'Hare, Haire. * As an English surname, from the noun hair. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Ayre, Ayer. * As a Dutch and German surname,…
How common is the surname Hair?: 7,814 people in the United States had the surname Hair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,512 Americans. It ranked 4,539th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hair?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Hair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Hair?: Hair is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hair getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,814 in 2010, down 5.1%.