Pyr Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Pyr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1011:450,72053,076
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
Poland321:1,187,77377,523
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
India61:127,844,230863,365
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Pyr (83) may also be a first name.

Pyr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pyr (Russian: Пыр) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 970,883rd most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname Pyr occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Pyr live; 61 percent live in Eastern Europe and 49 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Pyr is also the 1,052,971st most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 83 people.

It is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 450,720. In Ukraine Pyr is most frequent in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 60 percent reside, Kiev, where 11 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 10 percent reside. Not including Ukraine it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 13 percent reside and Poland, where 12 percent reside.

Pyr Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

Pyr earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.62% more than the national average, earning $52,479 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pyrz861,036/
Payr86929/
Pyre86101/
Peyr8668/
Pyor8613/
Pytr866/
Pyrr865/
Pyrh864/
Pyrp862/
Vpyr861/
Pyrt861/
Poyr861/
Ppyr861/
Pysr861/
Pyhr861/
Peyre757,254/
Payre751,593/
Pyreh7556/
Pyhrr7555/
Pyreň758/
Pyrre753/
Pyrrø752/
Pahyr752/
Pyrzh751/
Pehyr751/
Pyrtt751/
Pythr751/
Poysr750/
Puyre750/
Phayr750/
Pir6787,543/
Per676,598/
Pre674,494/
Pyrova67259/
Phayre67172/
Pír67156/
Peyreh6748/
Pjr679/
Păr674/
Pär672/

Pyr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pyr in the Russian language
Пырpyr-

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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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  • 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 Pyr
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