The Baire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 239 people carried this name — #79,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 267 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Baire.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Eure-et-Loir.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Baire is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Baire,
with a public archive behind them.
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René-Louis Baire 1874–1932 · mathematician -
Viktorija Baire 1982– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baire.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Baire is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.