Mair Family History
Mair Name Meaning
Scottish: occupational name for an officer of the courts whose
functions resembled those of an English beadle (i.e. a minor official
who dealt with petty offenders) and who was known as a mair.
Compare Mayer 1. Reaney remarks that this title was used not
only of the king’s herald or sergeant but also of such officers as a
head forester.Jewish: variant of Meyer 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mair
Name Distribution of Mair Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mair families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mair families
|
45 - 87 16 - 44 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mair families
|
298 - 594 100 - 297 |
1 - 99 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mair census records
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Mair Family Origin
Mair Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Mair
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Mair Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Mair census records
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Mair Civil War Service Records
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