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
Average Guire Salary in
United States
$43,276 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Guire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺮﻯ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Guiré. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,546th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 402,027 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Guire reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guire is also the 365,707th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 532 people.
The surname Guire is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 11,956 people, or 1 in 1,535. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre-Ouest Region, where 16 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso this last name is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found.
Guire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Guire has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Guire last name increased 335 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Guire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Guire surname are 16.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.03% being registered to vote for 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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