Lemire Surname
Approximately 15,914 people bear this surname
Lemire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 8,651 | 1:4,259 | 574 |
| United States | 4,522 | 1:80,155 | 9,127 |
| France | 2,488 | 1:26,697 | 3,204 |
| Belgium | 74 | 1:155,360 | 21,583 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86 | 1:583,938 | 39,464 |
Lemire (45) may also be a first name.
Lemire Demographics
Average Lemire Salary in
United States
$44,869 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lemire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻴﺮ) occurs most in Canada. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lemire is the 33,377th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 457,933 people. The last name Lemire is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Lemire live; 82 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Gallo-North America. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 45 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 8,651 people, or 1 in 4,259. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Quebec, where 79 percent are found, Ontario, where 11 percent are found and Alberta, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Canada this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and France, where 16 percent are found.
Lemire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lemire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lemire last name grew 5,258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lemire Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lemire surname are 5.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.06% registered with the political party.
The amount Lemire earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.99% more than the national average, earning $44,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.29% less than the national average, earning $43,576 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﻴﺮ | lmyr | 66.67 |
| ﻟﻤﻴﺮﻩ | lmyrh | 33.33 |
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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 Lemire
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