Dirs Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:2,532,63991,802
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Dirs (16) may also be a first name.

Dirs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dirs has its highest incidence in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Dirs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,806,862nd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Dirs live; 21 percent live in West Asia and 21 percent live in Germanic Europe. Dirs is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename throughout the world, held by 16 people.

Dirs is most common in England, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 2,532,639. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 45 percent reside, Essex, where 27 percent reside and Leicestershire, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account England Dirs is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 21 percent reside and Iraq, where 20 percent reside.

Dirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dirs has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Dirs surname rose 147 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diers895,095/
Dirsė89375/
Dirst89160/
Dirse89132/
Duirs8974/
Dirsh8917/
Dairs8912/
Deirs891/
Dirsp890/
Doirs890/
Dirshe80645/
Dirsch80496/
Dhiers8074/
Deihrs800/
Deirst800/
Dhirsh800/
Ders75328/
Dirx75266/
Durs7554/
Djrs751/
Dyrs750/
Diersch73303/
Dirsche732/
Dhirshe731/
Dehiers731/
Duggirs730/
Derse674,515/
Dürst671,266/
Dhers67634/
Dears67476/
Derås67209/
Derst67158/
Deers67131/
Duers67115/
Dersh6763/
Dirce6754/
Deurs6722/
Dirje6717/
Derss6713/
Dyrst6712/
D'Ers678/
Dyrsø674/
Dehrs673/
Dyrås673/
Dirch672/
Dhurs671/
Dursh671/
Derrs671/
Dersz671/
Hders671/
Dyrsz671/
Dirze671/
Dyrse670/
Deirx670/
Dayrs670/

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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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  • 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 Dirs
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