Explore the Family Name Caira

The meaning of Caira

1. Italian (Calabria): probably a nickname from Arabic khayr ‘good, well’. 2. Galician: habitational name from Caira, in Lugo, Galicia (Spain). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Aldo, Benedetto, Gino, Luigi, Mario, Adriana, Armando, Amedeo, Angelo, Antonio, Attilio, Bernardo, Concetta, Giuseppina, Guido, Marcello.

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How common is the last name Caira in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Caira has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Caira ranked 48,469 in popularity but fell to 55,619 by 2010, which represents a 14.75% decrease. Similarly, the number of people bearing the surname dropped from 409 in 2000 to 369 in 2010, marking a 9.78% decline. The proportion of individuals with the surname Caira per 100,000 people also decreased by 13.33% over the same period, moving from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,469	#55,619	-14.75%
Count	409	369	-9.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Caira

Turning to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Caira, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that it is predominantly associated with White ethnicity. In 2000, 97.56% of those bearing the surname were classified as White, although this figure dipped slightly to 96.48% in 2010. However, there was a small emergence of the Black ethnicity within the Caira surname population by 2010, accounting for 1.90%. There were no recorded instances of the Caira surname among individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.56%	96.48%	-1.11%
Black	0%	1.9%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%