Last Name NAIRNE

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Meaning Local: Of Nairn, county Nairn. A Scottish surname.
Local: from the borough of Nairne in Nairn- shire. The family are descended from Michael de Nairn, 1400.
Local: The name of a shire, river, and town in Scotland, whence the surname is derived. The name was taken from the river, which was called in Gaelic "uisgen'fhearn," from 'uisge,' water, and "n'fhearn" (pronounced 'nearn,' the " fh" having no sound), "the alders" - "the water of the alders," from the great number of alder-trees which grew on its banks.
Origin Scottish, Irish

Rank 104,257 (2000 US census)
Count 159 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 45.91%, or 73 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 45.28%, or 72 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 6.29%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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