Hira Surname
Approximately 83,869 people bear this surname
Hira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 37,129 | 1:4,292 | 393 |
| India | 36,235 | 1:21,169 | 1,637 |
| Turkey | 1,868 | 1:41,660 | 4,283 |
| Japan | 1,636 | 1:78,144 | 5,310 |
| United States | 648 | 1:559,350 | 46,103 |
| France | 567 | 1:117,148 | 17,656 |
| Pakistan | 514 | 1:347,556 | 6,902 |
| England | 506 | 1:110,115 | 11,388 |
| South Africa | 497 | 1:109,009 | 13,123 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Yemen | 387 | 1:68,282 | 4,864 |
| Jordan | 375 | 1:23,580 | 3,283 |
| Suriname | 307 | 1:1,800 | 220 |
| New Zealand | 269 | 1:16,834 | 2,941 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| Canada | 218 | 1:169,016 | 16,995 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 187 | 1:48,996 | 4,914 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 |
| Burkina Faso | 143 | 1:128,336 | 3,544 |
| Australia | 128 | 1:210,904 | 20,401 |
| Romania | 118 | 1:170,151 | 17,581 |
| Netherlands | 116 | 1:145,579 | 22,016 |
| Brazil | 111 | 1:1,928,598 | 61,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 79 | 1:292,041 | 11,081 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 1:103,212 | 13,927 |
| Guyana | 65 | 1:11,726 | 1,676 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Afghanistan | 23 | 1:1,397,964 | 11,714 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Moldova | 13 | 1:273,951 | 23,172 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Hîra (27) are calculated separately.
Hira (697,370) may also be a first name.
Hira Demographics
Average Hira Salary in
United States
$50,621 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hira (Bengali: হীরা, Hindi: हीरा, Marathi: हीरा, Oriya: ହୀରା, Tibetan: ཧི་ར་) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Hîra. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hira is the 6,744th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 86,892 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Hira reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 45 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Hira is also the 1,390th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 697,370 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 37,129 people, or 1 in 4,292. Besides Bangladesh this surname is found in 90 countries. It also occurs in India, where 43 percent are found and Turkey, where 2 percent are found.
Hira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hira has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 7,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 50,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hira last name are 13.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.61% being registered with the political party.
The amount Hira earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning R 289,104 per year; in United States they earn 17.32% more than the national average, earning $50,621 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.54% more than the national average, earning $65,852 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hira in the Marathi language | ||
| हीरा | hira | 98.64 |
| हिर | hira | 0.95 |
| हीर | hira | 0.07 |
| हिरा | hira | 0.07 |
| Hira in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧི་ར་ | hira | 94.74 |
| ཧ་རི་ | hari | 5.26 |
| Hira in the Hindi language | ||
| हीरा | hira | 92.87 |
| हिरा | hira | 6.57 |
| हीरां | hiram | 0.43 |
| हिरां | hiram | 0.03 |
| रूपा | rupa | 0 |
| हिरॉ | hiro | 0 |
| हीरे | hire | 0 |
| हिंरा | hinra | 0 |
| रीना | rina | 0 |
| ्हीरा | hira | 0 |
| टिटा | tita | 0 |
| हीरी | hiri | 0 |
| ह़ीरा | haira | 0 |
| राजा | raja | 0 |
| सीता | sita | 0 |
| मीरा | mira | 0 |
| हीरो | hiro | 0 |
| वि्र | vira | 0 |
| हीर | hira | 0 |
| ़हीरा | hira | 0 |
| हीना | hina | 0 |
| हीराा | hiraa | 0 |
| हीरॉ | hiro | 0 |
| हीराज़् | hiraz | 0 |
| Hira in the Bengali language | ||
| হীরা | hira | 82.41 |
| হিরা | hira | 14.94 |
| Hira in the Oriya language | ||
| ହୀରା | hira | 50.69 |
| ହିରା | hira | 48.18 |
| ହିର | hira | 0.05 |
| ହୀର | hira | 0.05 |
| ହାରା | hara | 0.02 |
| ହିରା଼ | hira | 0.01 |
| ବିାଳ | biala | 0.01 |
| ନୀରା | nira | 0.01 |
| ହୁୀର | huira | 0.01 |
| ବିରା | bira | 0.01 |
| ମାିର୍ | mair | 0.01 |
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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 Hira
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