# Mair (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,516 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,713 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (2,450 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mairs |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr. * Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer. * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mair 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mair in the United States.

## People named Mair

- Victor H. Mair, American sinologist and linguist (1943-2026)

## Similar surnames

Maier, Muir, Marr, Mauro, Marra, Mar, Maria, Mier, Mauer, Marie, Mara, Mire.

## 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.