Guire Surname
Approximately 18,127 people bear this surname
Guire Surname Definition:
The leading sept of Fermanagh.
Bibl; IF 167 etc; MIF 260*; SIF 159; Map Fer
Guire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 11,956 | 1:1,535 | 225 |
| Mali | 1,807 | 1:9,391 | 502 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,062 | 1:21,724 | 1,591 |
| Chad | 1,059 | 1:12,835 | 1,627 |
| United States | 831 | 1:436,172 | 37,541 |
| Cameroon | 585 | 1:35,503 | 4,773 |
| Djibouti | 399 | 1:2,293 | 219 |
| France | 113 | 1:587,812 | 78,453 |
| Philippines | 73 | 1:1,386,825 | 100,991 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Senegal | 35 | 1:416,553 | 1,967 |
| Guinea | 33 | 1:358,601 | 1,162 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
The alternate forms: Guiré (69) are calculated separately.
Guire (532) may also be a first name.
Guire Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The leading sept of Fermanagh.
Bibl; IF 167 etc; MIF 260*; SIF 159; Map Fer
Guire Demographics
Guire Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Guire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺮﻯ) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Guiré. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,546th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 402,027 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Guire are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guire is also the 365,707th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 532 people.
The surname Guire is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 11,956 people, or 1 in 1,535. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent live and Centre-Ouest Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso it exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 10 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Guire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Guire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Guire last name grew 335 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Guire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Guire last name are 16.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.03% registered with the political party.
The amount Guire earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $43,276 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.65% more than the national average, earning $50,008 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺮﻯ | kyry | 86.67 |
| ﻛﻴﺮﻱ | kyry | 6.67 |
| ﻛﻴﺮﺍ | kyra | 6.67 |
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