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Where Does The Last Name Girs Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Girs (Hindi: ग्रीस, Russian: Гирс) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gīrs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Girs? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 462,693^rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Girs live; 53 percent live in Eastern Europe and 51 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242^nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 10 people.

The last name Girs is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 539,787. In Russia it is primarily found in: Sakha Republic, where 14 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 14 percent reside and Moscow, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Russia this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 29 percent reside and Belgium, where 18 percent reside.

Girs Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (91%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Girs surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.