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 surname Ire (Hindi: इरे, Marathi: इरे, Russian: Ире) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 161,020th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,693,106 people. The last name Ire occurs mostly 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. Ire is also the 132,153rd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 3,000 people.
The last name Ire is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,066 people, or 1 in 21,643. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 77 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast it exists 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 occurrence of Ire has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the 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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