The Pair surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,143 people carried this name — #14,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 2,258 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pair surname
From the German surname, probably a variant of Baer, from the noun Bär (“bear”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pair» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Pair.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Corrèze.
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
Pair in American newspapers,
1900–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Pair,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Pair 1934–2024 · computer scientist
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Christian Pair 1956– · politician
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Stéphane Pair 1971– · journalist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pair.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pair is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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