Shirre Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Shirre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 379 | 1:9,235 | 591 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shirre (38) may also be a first name.
Shirre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shirre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shirre has its highest incidence in Somaliland. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shirre? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 742,570th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. Shirre occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shirre live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 38 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Somaliland, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 9,235. Other than Somaliland it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Shirre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shirre has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shirre last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shirre
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