Dira Surname
Approximately 3,755 people bear this surname
Dira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,097 | 1:120,555 | 12,153 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Philippines | 366 | 1:276,607 | 40,267 |
| Botswana | 347 | 1:6,302 | 1,041 |
| Papua New Guinea | 292 | 1:27,924 | 3,159 |
| South Africa | 263 | 1:205,999 | 21,938 |
| Congo | 131 | 1:38,085 | 3,611 |
| Romania | 105 | 1:191,218 | 19,313 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| India | 71 | 1:10,803,738 | 202,948 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Moldova | 26 | 1:136,976 | 14,869 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Hungary | 17 | 1:577,428 | 34,558 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Díra (3) & Dîră (40) are calculated separately.
Dira (7,191) may also be a first name.
Dira Demographics
Average Dira Salary in
United States
$57,395 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dira (Bengali: দীরা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﺭ, Hindi: दीरा, Marathi: दीरा, Oriya: ଡିରା, Russian: Дира) is most common in Indonesia. It may occur as: Díra or Dîră. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 121,889th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,940,758 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 43 percent of Dira reside; 39 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 29 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Dira is also the 76,259th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 7,191 people.
The surname Dira is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,097 people, or 1 in 120,555. In Indonesia Dira is most frequent in: Bali, where 41 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 16 percent live and East Java, where 9 percent live. Barring Indonesia it exists in 64 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.
Dira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dira surname rose 8,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Dira surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Dira surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dira earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 10.32% less than the national average, earning R 213,108 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.67% more than the national average, earning $27,849,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 33.02% more than the national average, earning $57,395 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﺭ | jar | - |
| Dira in the Bengali language | ||
| দীরা | dira | - |
| Dira in the Hindi language | ||
| दीरा | dira | 61.9 |
| दिरा | dira | 23.81 |
| डीरा | dira | 9.52 |
| धीरा | dhira | 4.76 |
| Dira in the Marathi language | ||
| दीरा | dira | 40 |
| डीरा | dira | 40 |
| दीर | dira | 20 |
| Dira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡିରା | dira | 33.33 |
| ଦିରା | dira | 22.22 |
| ଦୀରା | dira | 16.67 |
| ଧୀର | dhira | 11.11 |
| ଦୀର | dira | 5.56 |
| ଡ଼ିରା | rira | 5.56 |
| ଦିର | dira | 5.56 |
| Dira in the Russian language | ||
| Дира | dira | - |
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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 Dira
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