Ire Surname
Approximately 2,706 people bear this surname
Ire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,066 | 1:21,643 | 1,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 418 | 1:19,506 | 2,007 |
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| India | 315 | 1:2,435,128 | 78,411 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Burkina Faso | 55 | 1:333,675 | 5,644 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Ire (3,000) may also be a first name.
Ire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ire (Hindi: इरे, Marathi: इरे, Russian: Ире) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ire? popularity and diffusion
Ire is the 161,020th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,693,106 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Ire are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 132,153rd most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,000 people.
Ire is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,066 people, or 1 in 21,643. In The Ivory Coast Ire is most frequent in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 77 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent live and Montagnes District, where 6 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Ire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ire has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ire last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ire in the Hindi language | ||
| इरे | ire | - |
| Ire in the Marathi language | ||
| इरे | ire | 63.21 |
| ईरे | ire | 35.85 |
| िरे | ire | 0.94 |
| Ire in the Russian language | ||
| Ире | ire | - |
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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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- 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 Ire
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