Pirs Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Estonia

Pirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria301:283,84832,444
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Latvia231:89,13212,995
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
France101:6,642,272293,169
Slovenia101:248,76816,532
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Pirš (788) & Pírs (3) are calculated separately.

Pirs (49) may also be a first name.

Pirs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pirs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pirs occurs most in Austria. It can also be rendered as: Pirš or Pírs. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pirs is the 1,025,894th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Pirs reside; 30 percent reside in Western Europe and 26 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Pirs is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 49 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 283,848. In Austria Pirs is most frequent in: Styria, where 87 percent reside, Vienna, where 7 percent reside and Burgenland, where 3 percent reside. Beside Austria Pirs occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 10 percent reside.

Pirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pirs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pirs last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pirs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Pirs surname is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.

The amount Pirs earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 3.12% less than the national average, earning R 230,232 per year; in United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.41% less than the national average, earning $42,524 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pirš92788/
Pírs923/
Piers893,719/
Peirs89484/
Pirse8944/
Pairs8935/
Piors8925/
Pirsz8918/
Pirrs896/
Pitrs893/
Pirsh892/
Poirs890/
Pirsch80985/
Peirse8081/
Pairsh8076/
Phairs8023/
Pairst8017/
Pierrs802/
Pairse802/
Pitrse801/
Poitrs801/
Peirrs801/
Phiers801/
Pirshd801/
Piersz801/
Pirrss801/
Pitrsz801/
Phirse801/
Pirsce800/
Pfirst800/
Pers752,708/
Pärs7562/
Purs7556/
Pyrs7522/
Pjrs751/
Pérs751/
Pirx751/
Pirsova73123/
Pfirsch73115/
Piersch7314/
Peers678,307/
Pears674,360/
Perse671,358/
Pirch67942/
Purss67257/
Pirce67206/
Persh67180/
Pehrs67112/
Pyrsz6795/
Puers6792/
Pursh6787/
Perst6786/
Petrs6749/
Persz6743/
Pirje6732/
Pärss6718/
Perss6716/
Pirrß6714/
Pfers6710/
Perås676/
Perrs676/
Pirçe676/
Persd673/
Pirshova671/
Purrs671/
Peyrs671/
Pgers671/
Pfeirsch671/
Pirìz671/
Pärst671/
Peurs671/
Pyrsh671/
Pyors670/
Payrs670/
Phers670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pirs
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