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    The surname Mair

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,516 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M600

    Mair: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mair #12,357, 2,516 people Mair: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mair #12,357, 2,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mair is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    * 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.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,516 people named Mair in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,450.

    #12,357
    rank among US surnames
    2,516
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,722)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567
    #12,350Laubach2,518122,615
    #12,351Lobdell2,517122,664
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762

    Who is named Mair

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

    72% of people named Mair identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mairs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mairs

    Surnames that sound like Mair

    Mair has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mair come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Mair?
    2,516 people in the United States had the surname Mair in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. It ranked 12,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mair?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Mair identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mair?
    Victor H. Mair, American sinologist and linguist (1943-2026).
    Where is the surname Mair most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mair in the United States.
    Is the surname Mair getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,516 in 2010, up 2.7%.
    What are other spellings of Mair?
    Mairs.