Bire Surname
Approximately 12,698 people bear this surname
Bire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 7,244 | 1:13,466 | 1,921 |
| India | 1,989 | 1:385,654 | 20,565 |
| Indonesia | 1,422 | 1:93,002 | 9,711 |
| France | 522 | 1:127,247 | 19,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 495 | 1:16,472 | 1,631 |
| Ivory Coast | 286 | 1:80,669 | 4,390 |
| Turkey | 192 | 1:405,320 | 24,536 |
| Argentina | 136 | 1:314,290 | 24,990 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 1:233,913 | 25,760 |
| Venezuela | 64 | 1:471,939 | 9,218 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Biré (10) & Birè (1) are calculated separately.
Bire (8,808) may also be a first name.
Bire Demographics
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Bire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bire (Bengali: বীরে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺮﻯ, Hindi: बीरे, Marathi: बीरे, Oriya: ବିେର) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Biré or Birè. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 41,185th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 573,913 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Bire reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bire is also the 66,663rd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 8,808 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 7,244 people, or 1 in 13,466. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Bire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bire last name increased 311 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bire Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bire surname are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.89% being registered with the party.
The amount Bire earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning $43,588 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% less than the national average, earning $49,298 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bire in the Bengali language | ||
| বীরে | bire | - |
| Bire in the Marathi language | ||
| बीरे | bire | 98.21 |
| बिरे | bire | 1.79 |
| Bire in the Hindi language | ||
| बीरे | bire | 94.81 |
| बिरे | bire | 3.9 |
| बीर | bira | 0.32 |
| बीरो | biro | 0.32 |
| Bire in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିେର | biera | 83.69 |
| ବୀେର | biera | 16.31 |
| Bire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺮﻯ | byry | 65.79 |
| ﺑﻴﺮﻩ | byrh | 18.42 |
| ﺑﻴﺮ | byr | 10.53 |
| ﺑﻴﺮﻱ | byry | 2.63 |
| ﺑﻴﺮﺍ | byra | 2.63 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bire
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