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	0
Channel Islands	1
Cheshire	0
Cornwall	0
Cumberland	0
Derbyshire	0
Devon	0
Dorset	0

Durham	0
Essex	0
Gloucestershire	0
Hampshire	0
Herefordshire	0
Hertfordshire	0
Huntingdonshire	0
Isle of Man	0
Kent	0
Lancashire	3
Leicestershire	0

Lincolnshire	0
London	8
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	0

Wales

Anglesey	0
Brecknockshire	0
Cardiganshire	0
Carnarvonshire	0

Carmarthenshire	0
Denbighshire	0
Flintshire	0
Glamorgan	0

Merionethshire	2
Montgomeryshire	0
Monmouthshire	0
Pembrokeshire	0

Radnorshire

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Nair Surname Statistics

Top Professions for the Nair family

Profession	Census Frequency
Scholar	2
Inmate	1
Ladysmaid	1
Tailor	1
Tailor Wife	1
Tailoress	1
Boarder	1
Pupil	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

Did you know?

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