Nira Surname
Approximately 9,644 people bear this surname
Nira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 6,579 | 1:24,222 | 1,654 |
| India | 968 | 1:792,423 | 35,656 |
| Indonesia | 568 | 1:232,833 | 21,536 |
| Thailand | 266 | 1:265,558 | 45,429 |
| Iraq | 225 | 1:155,652 | 3,988 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Malaysia | 204 | 1:144,580 | 9,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Afghanistan | 56 | 1:574,164 | 6,873 |
| Taiwan | 44 | 1:532,835 | 3,989 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Nírá (1) are calculated separately.
Nira (110,072) may also be a first name.
Nira Demographics
Average Nira Salary in
United States
$39,043 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nira (Bengali: নীরা, Georgian: ნირა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻴﺮﺍ, Hindi: नीरा, Marathi: नीरा, Oriya: ନିରା, Russian: Нира, Tibetan: ནི་ར་) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Nírá. Click here for other potential spellings of Nira.
How Common Is The Last Name Nira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 53,029th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 755,656 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Nira reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Nira is also the 9,346th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 110,072 people.
It is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 6,579 people, or 1 in 24,222. Barring Bangladesh this last name is found in 55 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Nira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nira has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 10,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nira surname are 6.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 103.79% more than the national average, earning $46,265,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 9.52% less than the national average, earning $39,043 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nira in the Georgian language | ||
| ნირა | nira | - |
| Nira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻴﺮﺍ | nyra | - |
| Nira in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནི་ར་ | nira | - |
| Nira in the Marathi language | ||
| नीरा | nira | 97.62 |
| नीरल | nirala | 2.38 |
| Nira in the Hindi language | ||
| नीरा | nira | 96.39 |
| निरा | nira | 3.48 |
| मीरा | mira | 0.01 |
| णीर | nira | 0.01 |
| नीता | nita | 0.01 |
| नीला | nila | 0.01 |
| Nira in the Bengali language | ||
| নীরা | nira | 52.08 |
| নিরা | nira | 39.58 |
| নীর | nira | 6.25 |
| নির | nira | 2.08 |
| Nira in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିରା | nira | 32.88 |
| ନୀର | nira | 22.56 |
| ନିର | nira | 21.6 |
| ନୀରା | nira | 21.53 |
| କୀେର୍ା | kiera | 0.08 |
| ମିରା | mira | 0.08 |
| Nira in the Russian language | ||
| Нира | nira | - |
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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 Nira
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