Hire Surname
Approximately 32,641 people bear this surname
Hire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25,203 | 1:30,435 | 2,243 |
| Somalia | 5,980 | 1:2,250 | 223 |
| Uganda | 548 | 1:71,240 | 7,875 |
| Kenya | 277 | 1:166,714 | 12,857 |
| Ivory Coast | 199 | 1:115,936 | 5,803 |
| Cambodia | 68 | 1:227,752 | 3,191 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Costa Rica | 13 | 1:367,698 | 3,592 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 74 | 1:21,195 | 1,227 |
| England | 45 | 1:541,675 | 28,673 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 406 | 1:123,691 | 12,002 |
The alternate forms: Híře (5) are calculated separately.
Hire (7,604) may also be a first name.
Hire Demographics
Average Hire Salary in
England
£31,299
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Hire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hire (Hindi: हीरे, Marathi: हीरे, Oriya: ହିେର) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Híře. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hire is the 17,002nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 223,264 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Hire are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Hire is also the 73,512th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 7,604 people.
The surname Hire is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 25,203 people, or 1 in 30,435. In India Hire is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent live, Gujarat, where 0 percent live and Odisha, where 0 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 18 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Hire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hire has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Hire surname rose 127 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 46 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hire surname is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Hire earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.52% less than the national average, earning $48,926 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hire in the Marathi language | ||
| हीरे | hire | 94.5 |
| हिर | hira | 4.89 |
| आहीरे | ahire | 0.24 |
| अहीरे | ahire | 0.24 |
| Hire in the Oriya language | ||
| ହିେର | hiera | 91.63 |
| ହୀେର | hiera | 7.93 |
| ହିେରା | hiera | 0.44 |
| Hire in the Hindi language | ||
| हीरे | hire | 91.43 |
| हिरे | hire | 7.86 |
| हीरो | hiro | 0.71 |
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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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- 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 Hire
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