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) is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ire is the 161,020th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,693,106 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Ire live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ire is also the 132,153rd most widely held forename at a global level, held by 3,000 people.
The last name Ire is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,066 people, or 1 in 21,643. In The Ivory Coast Ire is most frequent in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 77 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast it is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Ire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ire has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Ire surname fell 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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