Ciais is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ciais
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Worn in the Alpes-Maritimes, is a variant of Chaix (qv), with the initial italianisation. More rarely found Ciai the script, which should have the same origin.

How popular is Ciais?

Ciais is ranked 630155 on our list.

Ciais is a very rare family name, few people in France and Monaco have the last name. Around 334 people have been found who wears Ciais as their family name. Few people around the world have Ciais as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,766 Scotland2
153,416 Italy1
2,309 Monaco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
743,898 United States12
Countries with hundreds of Ciais:
31,236 France318

Comments

D
Daisey Donnelly
The first holders of this surname were probably originate in a place called it v ais the area characterized by the presence of cereals, Occitan Civadier: oat field, the name of a former property become hereditary surname from the twelfth century note: a form of ciardi, Italian name itself derived from the Richiardi ric-ard Germanic ric: powerful and hard: hard, hard is not excluded.

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