Quirs Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Costa Rica
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Quirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Costa Rica2551:18,745680
Spain1191:392,87421,594
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Panama151:260,8176,584
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Quirs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quirs is found most frequently in Costa Rica. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quirs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 653,013th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name Quirs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Quirs live; 59 percent live in Central America and 59 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The last name Quirs is most frequently occurring in Costa Rica, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 18,745. Excluding Costa Rica Quirs occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiers91142/
Quirse912/
Queirs911/
Qirs891/
Cquiers831/
Quers8010/
Guirs801/
Kuirs801/
Quirce73611/
Quirch73252/
Quersh7325/
Querse734/
Quirze732/
Querss731/
Quirje731/
Qirshe731/
Gueirs731/
Cuirst730/
Kurs672,108/
Kirs671,298/
Guirsch67103/
Qyrs672/
Qers672/
Cirs672/
Quqkers671/
Kuirsch670/
Quckers670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Quirs
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