Diré Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Diré Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diré Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Dire (11,845), Dirê (1) & Dirè (1) are calculated separately.

Diré Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diré is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as: Dire, Dirê or Dirè. Click here for further potential spellings of Diré.

How Common Is The Last Name Diré? popularity and diffusion

Diré is the 6,723,624th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Diré occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Diré reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 80 percent live and Free State, where 20 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dire9211,845/
Dirê921/
Dirè921/
Dioré8910/
Dairé891/
Déiré891/
Dieré891/
Dierzé8011/
Diri7512,220/
Dira753,755/
Diry75364/
Deré7590/
Déré758/
Dirie6726,731/
Dires6711,654/
Dairi675,512/
Daira674,439/
Diori674,043/
Daire673,174/
Ditri672,256/
Dhira671,934/
Disri67898/
Diris67885/
Doire67790/
Dairy67734/
Diraa67645/
Dhire67599/
Deira67594/
Dhiri67480/
Diera67471/
Diryo67435/
Diray67368/
Direy67325/
Dirai67320/
Deiri67285/
Diroy67280/
Diore67278/
Diery67247/
Dhirj67246/
Dirit67187/
Deire67185/
Diere67167/
Direr67163/
Direz67162/
Detré67158/
Dirra67140/
Diriç67107/
Dirgi67106/
Duire6793/
Ditre6792/
Dirry6780/
Diriğ6777/
Diroa6763/
Derré6762/
Diruy6758/
Dirza6753/
Dirri6749/
Diraj6746/
Dirio6738/
Dhiry6738/
Deiry6735/
Direh6733/
Ditrè6733/
Dirre6732/
Dirge6729/
Diory6728/
Doira6727/
Doiri6725/
Dirih6725/
Dieri6723/
Direi6722/
Derhé6721/
Diriy6717/
Dirje6717/
Diriz6717/
Détré6717/
Direa6714/
Diret6713/
Dgiri6711/
Direş6711/
Desré6710/
Duira678/
Dyhré678/
Deuré678/
Dirui677/
Diree677/
Derée677/
Diroj675/
Ditry675/
Direp675/
Dirha674/
Dirid674/
Duiri673/
Doiry673/
Dihra672/
Direu672/
Ddira672/
Di're672/
Diruj671/
Disre671/
Ddiri671/
Hdiri671/
Deyré671/
Direj671/
Diriš671/
Diroi671/
Dirze671/
Dirâa671/
Dhéré671/
Dirzi671/
Dirzy671/

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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 Diré
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