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- Cairns - Last Name Meaning & Origin
Cairns
- Used in: 3 countries
Origin: Scots
* As a Scottish surname, from Scots cairn, describing a manmade heap or mound of stones. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciaráin, Anglicized as Kieran and Kearns, sometimes conflated with the Scottish above.
Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)
Name Variants & Related
Popularity by Country
Cairns
Rank #128
Popularity Over Time (Scotland)
Cairns
Rank #6067
Frequency
5,213 people (1.93 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 95.82% Hispanic 1.53% Black 0.13% Asian/PI 0.73% Native Am. 0.65% Two+ 1.13%
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