Lair is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lair
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning: Frequent name in Normandy (50, 76, 14), also included in the Sarthe. Probably the one that comes from a place called Lair, common place name in the Channel (this is the name of a river and hamlets located on the river) and in several other regions (there often there means a rivers). We meet in the North-Lair surname Lachapelle compound.

How popular is Lair?

Lair is common in France.

Lair is ranked 44984 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lair bearers increased by 5.117899 per cent in 2010 US census to 3923 since 2000, the surname slipped by 254 spots and ranked at 8425. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.47 86.92
Black 9 8.95
Others 2.35 1.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 1.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.43
Lair is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while France is ahead in terms of density. Around 10711 people have been found who wears Lair as their family name. Lair is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
46,068 Philippines3
14,054 China3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
1,143 French Polynesia2
17,547 Colombia2
28,232 Morocco2
26,123 Malaysia2
30,360 Thailand1
12,745 Luxembourg1
15,162 Costa Rica1
408 Åland1
18,969 Wales1
2,505 Congo1
36,678 Singapore1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
42,479 Greece1
2,935 Madagascar1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
447,508 India18
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
57,588 Argentina75
24,466 Belgium67
60,099 England59
Countries with hundreds of Lair:
14,931 Brazil890
9,565 Canada417
16,087 Mexico236
59,024 Germany168
9,948 Austria131
76,626 Indonesia109
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Lair:
8,211 United States4,567
1,890 France3,698
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 51 years old workman Samuel Lair who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 2, 1850 by Victoria put out from London.

Comments

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Mariam Ristow
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Lair Namesakes

  • Gerard de Lairesse, Author
  • Lachlan Og Maclean, 1st Laird of Torloisk, Laird of Torloisk
  • Luke Laird, Music Producer
  • Luke Laird, Music Producer
  • Luke Laird, Music Producer
  • Natalya Laird-Alyce Caime, Theater Actress
  • Patrick Laird, Football wide receiver
  • Norman Laird, Politician
  • Ryan Laird, Singer-songwriter
  • Gerard de Lairesse, Author

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