Pair is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pair
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Former Christian name from the Latin Paternus (= father), which also gives the scholarly form Paterne. The name was popularized by St. Pair, bishop of Avranches in the sixth century. It is however in Corrèze it is most prevalent.

How popular is Pair?

Pair is common in United States.

Pair is ranked 128043 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pairs plummeted by 5.093003 per cent to 2143 since 2000 and slipped by 1467 spots and ranked at 14050. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.68 73.56
Black 20.07 17.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 2.52
Others 2.38 1.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.24 1.99
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.03 2.66
Pair is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 3088 people have been found who wears Pair as their family name. Pair is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
240,218 Canada7
2,113 Taiwan3
124,420 Spain3
119,730 Brazil3
34,681 Norway2
20,595 China2
82,478 South Africa2
279,271 Australia1
37,493 Austria1
31,584 Peru1
7,191 Afghanistan1
24,771 Colombia1
36,678 Singapore1
25,721 Egypt1
289,511 England1
16,640 Hong Kong1
29,046 Japan1
16,073 Latvia1
40,340 Malaysia1
91,024 Belgium1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,494 Thailand44
162,220 Indonesia44
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with hundreds of Pair:
96,440 India228
71,478 France135
Countries with thousands of Pair:
13,345 United States2,581
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