Ghira Surname
Approximately 788 people bear this surname
Ghira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 351 | 1:57,202 | 7,006 |
| Portugal | 151 | 1:68,995 | 3,598 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Italy | 20 | 1:3,057,834 | 99,174 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Ghiră (4) are calculated separately.
Ghira (765) may also be a first name.
Ghira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻴﺮﻩ, Hindi: घीरा, Marathi: घीऱा) occurs most in Romania. It can occur as a variant: Ghiră. For other potential spellings of Ghira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghira? popularity and diffusion
Ghira is the 435,773rd most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,248,155 people. The last name Ghira occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Ghira are found; 46 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 45 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 296,849th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 765 people.
The surname Ghira is most frequently used in Romania, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 57,202. In Romania Ghira is most frequent in: Mureș County, where 48 percent live, Dolj County, where 32 percent live and Timiș County, where 9 percent live. Other than Romania Ghira exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 19 percent live and India, where 18 percent live.
Ghira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ghira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ghira last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghira in the Marathi language | ||
| घीऱा | ghira | - |
| Ghira in the Hindi language | ||
| घीरा | ghira | 88.89 |
| घिरा | ghira | 10.32 |
| घ्ीरा | ghira | 0.79 |
| Ghira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻴﺮﻩ | qyrh | 60 |
| ﻏﻴﺮﻩ | ghyrh | 20 |
| ﻗﺮﺍ | qra | 20 |
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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 Ghira
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