Diré Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Diré Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diré Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Dire (11,845), Dirê (1) & Dirè (1) are calculated separately.

Diré Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Diré Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Diré occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Dire, Dirê or Dirè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diré? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Diré live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 80 percent are found and Free State, where 20 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Niger, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dire9211,845/
Dirê921/
Dirè921/
Dioré8910/
Dairé891/
Déiré891/
Dieré891/
Dierzé8011/
Diri7512,220/
Dira753,755/
Diry75364/
Deré7590/
Déré758/
Dirie6726,731/
Dires6711,654/
Dairi675,512/
Daira674,439/
Diori674,043/
Daire673,174/
Ditri672,256/
Dhira671,934/
Disri67898/
Diris67885/
Doire67790/
Dairy67734/
Diraa67645/
Dhire67599/
Deira67594/
Dhiri67480/
Diera67471/
Diryo67435/
Diray67368/
Direy67325/
Dirai67320/
Deiri67285/
Diroy67280/
Diore67278/
Diery67247/
Dhirj67246/
Dirit67187/
Deire67185/
Diere67167/
Direr67163/
Direz67162/
Detré67158/
Dirra67140/
Diriç67107/
Dirgi67106/
Duire6793/
Ditre6792/
Dirry6780/
Diriğ6777/
Diroa6763/
Derré6762/
Diruy6758/
Dirza6753/
Dirri6749/
Diraj6746/
Dirio6738/
Dhiry6738/
Deiry6735/
Direh6733/
Ditrè6733/
Dirre6732/
Dirge6729/
Diory6728/
Doira6727/
Doiri6725/
Dirih6725/
Dieri6723/
Direi6722/
Derhé6721/
Diriy6717/
Dirje6717/
Diriz6717/
Détré6717/
Direa6714/
Diret6713/
Dgiri6711/
Direş6711/
Desré6710/
Duira678/
Dyhré678/
Deuré678/
Dirui677/
Diree677/
Derée677/
Diroj675/
Ditry675/
Direp675/
Dirha674/
Dirid674/
Duiri673/
Doiry673/
Dihra672/
Direu672/
Ddira672/
Di're672/
Diruj671/
Disre671/
Ddiri671/
Hdiri671/
Deyré671/
Direj671/
Diriš671/
Diroi671/
Dirze671/
Dirâa671/
Dhéré671/
Dirzi671/
Dirzy671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Diré
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