Cairus

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kaiɾus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cairus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uruguay than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 5K(measured from records)
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 261K
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 799K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Uruguay (measured from records)

684 people

Sources
39 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cairus 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 Cairus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UY Uruguay#9826841 in 5K684Cairus22
GT Guatemala—≈66 est.≈1 in 261K—Cairus2
BR Brazil—591 in 3.6M59Cairus19
US United States—≈38 est.≈1 in 8.8M—Cairus39
DO Dominican Republic—≈13 est.≈1 in 799K—Cairus4
CH Switzerland—61 in 1.4M6—1

684 people counted by INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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.

Registers cited: INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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)

Cairus is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Caïrus

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Cairús

15 further groups 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Cairus,Dear Cairus, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Cairus,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Cairus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—684—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—59#93,298
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246#89,778

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Cairus?
A machine transcription gives /kaiɾus/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Cairus have the most bearers?
In Uruguay, the national register counted about 684 people named Cairus, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cairus.
Where is Cairus most common?
Cairus is densest in Uruguay, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.0 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Cairus?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 684 people named Cairus, about 1 in 5.0 thousand residents.
How common is Cairus compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Cairus is the 982nd most common surname of 57,630 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, “Cairus” — the 982nd most common surname in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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