Direct Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Direct Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Direct Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2241:342,77923,131
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
France11:66,422,722504,397

Direct (142) may also be a first name.

Direct Last Name Facts

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

Direct occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Direct? popularity and diffusion

Direct is the 1,064,392nd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname Direct is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Direct live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 775,413th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 142 people.

The surname Direct is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 342,779. In Iran Direct is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 59 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 24 percent are found and Alborz Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Iran this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.

Direct Last Name Statistics demography

Direct earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning $46,599 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dairect921/
Direc9156/
Direkt8333/
Direck832/
Ditrec830/
Direcks7745/
Dirrecs771/
Dirieck771/
Direckx771/
Diereck771/
Daireck771/
Direick771/
Direk7310,088/
Diric73149/
Derec7317/
Direx738/
Dyrec735/
Direq731/
Dierieck713/
Dierickt711/
Deitrict710/
Dereck67645/
Dirick67392/
Diregh67342/
Diricq67254/
Deregt67202/
Diricx67116/
Dergec6741/
Dieric6739/
Dairek6737/
Dairic6724/
Dereac6722/
Dirike6716/
Diriek673/
Derict673/
Dierek672/
Dyreck671/
Deresc671/
Dirzic671/
Dyriec671/
Direktova671/
Dirric671/
Derrec671/
Deitreick670/

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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 Direct
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis