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 most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 161,020th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,693,106 people. The surname Ire 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 commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 3,000 people.
It is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,066 people, or 1 in 21,643. In The Ivory Coast Ire is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 77 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 13 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Ire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ire has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Ire last name 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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