The Cyr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,829 people carried this name — #3,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,611 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Cyr.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Vienne.
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 print
Cyr in American newspapers,
1850–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,992 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cyr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Ernest Cyr 1854–1929 · teacher -
Ellen M. Cyr Smith 1860–1920 · writer -
Louis Cyr 1863–1912 · strongman -
René Cyr 1920–2015 · track cyclist -
Conrad K. Cyr 1931–2016 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 93 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cyr.
- Cuvillier 122 · U.S. census
- Cvetkovic 187 · U.S. census
- Cwiklinski 462 · U.S. census
- Cybulski 1,214 · U.S. census
- Cygan 1,151 · U.S. census
- Cyprien 289 · U.S. census
- Cyrille 137 · U.S. census
- Czaja 1,158 · U.S. census
- Czajka 1,119 · U.S. census
- Czajkowski 2,441 · U.S. census
- Czapla 808 · U.S. census
- Czarnecki 4,164 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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