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
Dira Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Dira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dira (Bengali: দীরা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﺭ, Hindi: दीरा, Marathi: दीरा, Oriya: ଡିରା, Russian: Дира) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Díra or Dîră. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 121,889th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,940,758 people. The last name Dira occurs predominantly in Asia, where 43 percent of Dira live; 39 percent live in Southeast Asia and 29 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Dira is also the 76,259th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 7,191 people.
The surname Dira is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,097 people, or 1 in 120,555. In Indonesia Dira is mostly concentrated in: Bali, where 41 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 16 percent are found and East Java, where 9 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 14 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
Dira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dira last name increased 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 bearing the surname is principally 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 with the 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dira
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