Dire Surname
Approximately 11,845 people bear this surname
Dire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,043 | 1:10,743 | 1,336 |
| Ethiopia | 3,703 | 1:26,342 | 3,258 |
| United States | 726 | 1:499,255 | 41,999 |
| Somalia | 490 | 1:27,453 | 1,466 |
| Nigeria | 349 | 1:507,572 | 25,233 |
| Papua New Guinea | 315 | 1:25,885 | 2,870 |
| Botswana | 314 | 1:6,965 | 1,194 |
| India | 173 | 1:4,433,904 | 116,010 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Ivory Coast | 97 | 1:237,848 | 9,622 |
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Lesotho | 16 | 1:127,035 | 12,091 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 134 | 1:374,766 | 28,202 |
The alternate forms: Diré (8), Dirê (1) & Dirè (1) are calculated separately.
Dire (4,571) may also be a first name.
Dire Demographics
Dire Political Affiliation
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Dire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dire (Hindi: दीरे, Marathi: दीरे, Oriya: ଦିେର) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Diré, Dirê or Dirè. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 43,873rd most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 615,242 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Dire live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 101,607th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 4,571 people.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 5,043 people, or 1 in 10,743. In South Africa it is primarily found in: North West, where 54 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Free State, where 4 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Dire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dire last name grew 542 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Dire last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Dire surname are 8.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.38% registered with the party.
The amount Dire earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.41% less than the national average, earning R 146,364 per year; in United States they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $47,260 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $43,935 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dire in the Hindi language | ||
| दीरे | dire | - |
| Dire in the Marathi language | ||
| दीरे | dire | - |
| Dire in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦିେର | diera | 66.67 |
| ଡିେର | diera | 33.33 |
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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 Dire
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