How common is the surname Lair?

3,923 people in the United States had the surname Lair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. It ranked 8,425th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lair getting more or less common?

More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,923 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Lair

A surname, carried by 3,923 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lair is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,923 people named Lair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,732.

#8,425

rank among US surnames

3,923

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681
#8,425	Lair	3,923	78,701
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721
#8,429	Campana	3,920	78,762
#8,430	Maurice	3,919	78,782

Who is named Lair

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

85% of people named Lair identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lair

Lair has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Questions

How common is the surname Lair?: 3,923 people in the United States had the surname Lair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. It ranked 8,425th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lair?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lair getting more or less common?: More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,923 in 2010, up 5.1%.