Cayır

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Cayır is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: The sound that something burning or tearing makes; cracking, crackling.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 4.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 24K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 142K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈18,000 people, est.

Sources
37 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Çayır in TR Türkiye, BE Belgium, CY Cyprus and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

The sound that something burning or tearing makes; cracking, crackling.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cayır counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cayır is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#518≈18,000 est.≈1 in 4.5KÇayır37
BE Belgium—≈83 est.≈1 in 142KÇayır2
IQ Iraq—≈62 est.≈1 in 625KÇayır2
CY Cyprus—≈52 est.≈1 in 24KÇayır4
NL Netherlands—≈42 est.≈1 in 414KÇayır3
CH Switzerland—≈33 est.≈1 in 253KÇayır2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cayır is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Çayır

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Çayır

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Çayır

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Türkiye

    Also written Çayır

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Cayır under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cayır mean, and where does it come from?
The sound that something burning or tearing makes; cracking, crackling. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Cayır have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Cayır in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled çayır.
How common is the name Cayır?
Mondonomo estimates about 18,000 people in Türkiye have Cayır as their first surname, about 1 in 4.5 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Cayır compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Cayır is the 518th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cayır” — the 518th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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