Quir Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Quir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1341:755,50974,327
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Quir (40) may also be a first name.

Quir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Quir is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Quir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. Quir is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Quir reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.

The last name Quir is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 755,509. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Eastern Visayas, where 44 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 17 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Philippines it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Quir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quir has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Quir surname expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quir Last Name Statistics demography

Quir earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.75% less than the national average, earning $19,525 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quire891,544/
Quier89401/
Quirt89285/
Quair8993/
Quirz893/
Quior893/
Quirh892/
Queir892/
Quirr892/
Quoir891/
Quird890/
Qir86213/
Quaire80106/
Queirz8055/
Quirre8027/
Quheir804/
Queirt801/
Kuir7531,600/
Qure754,168/
Quer751,896/
Guir751,660/
Cuir75196/
Qoir75132/
Qair7579/
Qier7512/
Qirh754/
Qire752/
Gqir752/
Quär751/
Qisr751/
Qior751/
Qirr751/
Qirz751/
Qitr751/
Qqir751/
Qijr751/
Quirova7326/
Qucheir731/
Quere675,196/
Qaire67499/
Kuire67240/
Queer67211/
Quear67166/
Quert6736/
Qaisr6734/
Querz6712/
Guirr6710/
Guair679/
Qhoir678/
Qhair677/
Cuire673/
Quker672/
Quher672/
Gueir672/
Ghuir671/
Qairr671/
Guoir671/
Queur671/
Qureh671/
Qujre671/
Qaird671/
Querr670/
Quuer670/
Quayr670/

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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 Quir
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