Stairs is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Stairs
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Stairs

How popular is Stairs?

Stairs is common in United States.

Stairs is ranked 152660 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Stairs bearers increased by 3.923278 per cent in 2010 US census to 1192 since 2000, the surname slipped by 516 spots and ranked at 21811. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.55 94.77
Others 1.09 0.87
Stairs is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Canada. Around 2456 people have been found who wears Stairs as their family name. Stairs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,478 South Africa2
18,718 Thailand2
24,766 Scotland2
1,500,361 India2
65,594 Belgium2
151,601 Spain1
15,162 Costa Rica1
172,258 Germany1
277,603 France1
77,122 Sweden1
58,885 Poland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
21,268 New Zealand21
78,557 Netherlands13
120,934 Australia11
Countries with hundreds of Stairs:
4,608 Canada972
31,938 England140
Countries with thousands of Stairs:
24,516 United States1,260

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Nurse Margaret Stairs from Ireland aboard the Vandalia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in USA on July 21, 1849.

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