Nayar
English
Etymology
Variant of Nair.
Noun
Nayar (plural Nayars or Nayar)
- Alternative form of Nair.
Proper noun
Nayar (plural Nayars)
- A surname from Malayalam.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nayar is the 41657th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 522 individuals. Nayar is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nayar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.