Cairns is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cairns
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Family name is a variation of the Cairn. "Any locality, stream, or mountain, designated from a cairn or ancient sepulchral tumulus."

Dweller near a rocky place or natural pile of rocks; one who came from Cairns meaing "rocky place," in Midlothian.

Cairns is variation of Kernes. Descendant of the little black one.

Family name Cairns is a variant form of Kairns. See Cairn - "Any locality, stream, or mountain, designated from a cairn or ancient sepulchral tumulus."

How popular is Cairns?

Cairns is common in England, United States, Scotland, Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Wales.

Cairns is ranked 14332 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cairnss plummeted by 0.4 per cent to 5192 since 2000 and slipped by 460 spots and ranked at 6527. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.99 95.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.53
Others 1.64 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81 0.65
Black 0.35 0.13
Cairns is quite popular family name mostly used in England however Scotland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 38916 people have been found who wears Cairns as their family name. Cairns is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cairns:
788 England10,044
Countries with thousands of Cairns:
5,700 United States7,719
124 Scotland6,223
767 Australia5,067
1,222 Canada4,451
188 Northern Ireland1,931
474 New Zealand1,445
Countries with hundreds of Cairns:
7,717 South Africa886
1,585 Ireland353
1,260 Wales273
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
81,414 Germany63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
39,900 Netherlands47
216,672 Thailand42
36,425 Zimbabwe38
44,772 Spain33
731 Isle of Man25
767 Guernsey22
11,611 Singapore21
104,027 Argentina20
70,664 Malaysia17
251,814 France14
7,075 Cyprus13
311,082 Brazil12
61,223 Sweden12
26,891 Qatar12
37,411 Norway12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
58,198 Switzerland9
7,955 China9
228,986 Philippines8
2,872 Jersey7
5,222 Hong Kong6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman James Cairns from Ireland aboard the Shenandoah from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in New-York on March 27, 1846. 20 years old William Cairns, 42 years old James Cairns, Catharine Cairns, aged 40, 13 years old Alexander Cairns, 10 years old Hannah Cairns, Margaret Cairns, 5 years old Christy Cairns, 3 years old James Cairns, and 35 other Cairns around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as shoemaker and joiner, farmer, servant migrated to US.

Cairns Namesakes

  • Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns, peer of the United Kingdom and a Rifle Brigade officer
  • Aiden Cairns, professional rugby league footballer
  • Scott Cairns, American poet, memoirist, librettist, and essayist
  • Jim Cairns, Australian politician, was prominent
  • Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, Irish-born British statesman
  • Chris Cairns, former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain
  • Lance Cairns, former all-rounder
  • George Albert Cairns, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns, military person
  • Alan Cairns, Canadian political science professor emeritus
  • Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
  • Andy Cairns, founding member, singer, guitarist
  • Eric Cairns, Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current pro scout for the New York Islanders
  • Imogen Cairns, British former artistic gymnast
  • Don Cairns, former National Hockey League Player for the defunct Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies franchises
  • Buster Cairns, Canadian soccer player
  • Tommy Cairns, Scottish footballer
  • Rachael Cairns, British model and actress
  • Alun Cairns, Welsh Conservative politician
  • Warwick Cairns, British author
  • Fred Cairns, well-known British comedian and music hall artist of the Victorian age

Cairns Namesakes

  • Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns, peer of the United Kingdom and a Rifle Brigade officer
  • Aiden Cairns, professional rugby league footballer
  • Scott Cairns, American poet, memoirist, librettist, and essayist
  • Jim Cairns, Australian politician, was prominent
  • Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, Irish-born British statesman
  • Chris Cairns, former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain
  • Lance Cairns, former all-rounder
  • George Albert Cairns, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns, military person
  • Alan Cairns, Canadian political science professor emeritus
  • Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
  • Andy Cairns, founding member, singer, guitarist
  • Eric Cairns, Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and current pro scout for the New York Islanders
  • Imogen Cairns, British former artistic gymnast
  • Don Cairns, former National Hockey League Player for the defunct Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies franchises
  • Buster Cairns, Canadian soccer player
  • Tommy Cairns, Scottish footballer
  • Rachael Cairns, British model and actress
  • Alun Cairns, Welsh Conservative politician
  • Warwick Cairns, British author
  • Fred Cairns, well-known British comedian and music hall artist of the Victorian age

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