Nair Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Nair Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nair family

Profession Census Frequency
Farmer 1
Female Servant 1
Brick Layer 1
Pattern Clogg 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nair

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nair 11
James Nair 10
John Nair 9
Elizabeth Nair 4
William Nair 4
Agnes Nair 3
Annie Nair 3
Catherine Nair 3
Ellen Nair 3
Henry Nair 3
Thomas Nair 3
Alexander Nair 2
Gladys Nair 2
Hannah Nair 2
Isabella Nair 2
Kate Nair 2
Robert Nair 2
Sarah Nair 2
Susannah Nair 2
Albert Nair 1
Allen Nair 1
Ann Nair 1
Ann.m Nair 1
Archibald Nair 1
Arthur Nair 1

Nair Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Near 50% 524
2 Noar 50% 332
3 Neare 40% 253
4 Anear 40% 242
5 Norie 40% 190
6 Noor 50% 153
7 Nore 25% 141
8 Noore 40% 127
9 Nair 100% 117
10 Nero 25% 106
11 Nare 50% 100

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The surname Nair is the 9th most popular variant of Near.

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