Sir Surname
Approximately 56,454 people bear this surname
Sir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 10,544 | 1:15,114 | 1,153 |
| Indonesia | 9,926 | 1:13,324 | 1,680 |
| Afghanistan | 8,254 | 1:3,895 | 401 |
| India | 5,419 | 1:141,551 | 9,016 |
| Sudan | 4,760 | 1:7,880 | 1,122 |
| Turkey | 3,200 | 1:24,319 | 2,783 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,631 | 1:7,909 | 1,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,670 | 1:18,477 | 2,561 |
| Iran | 1,436 | 1:53,470 | 5,898 |
| Argentina | 1,083 | 1:39,468 | 3,306 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| United States | 667 | 1:543,417 | 45,008 |
| United Arab Emirates | 578 | 1:15,852 | 1,922 |
| Nigeria | 517 | 1:342,636 | 18,587 |
| Jordan | 461 | 1:19,181 | 2,895 |
| Guatemala | 433 | 1:37,142 | 2,020 |
| Pakistan | 398 | 1:448,854 | 8,066 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Iraq | 299 | 1:117,129 | 3,341 |
| Algeria | 241 | 1:160,297 | 20,523 |
| Kuwait | 222 | 1:17,120 | 2,252 |
| England | 153 | 1:364,170 | 25,923 |
| Taiwan | 133 | 1:176,276 | 1,547 |
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Malaysia | 119 | 1:247,851 | 14,049 |
| Qatar | 119 | 1:19,815 | 2,139 |
| Chile | 106 | 1:166,193 | 5,518 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Canada | 90 | 1:409,395 | 36,056 |
| Cambodia | 88 | 1:175,990 | 2,912 |
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| China | 79 | 1:17,307,868 | 981 |
| Yemen | 71 | 1:372,187 | 10,164 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Philippines | 63 | 1:1,606,956 | 108,100 |
| Nepal | 59 | 1:482,728 | 4,334 |
| Colombia | 48 | 1:995,293 | 9,207 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| Peru | 36 | 1:882,892 | 18,060 |
| Spain | 30 | 1:1,558,401 | 47,033 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| South Korea | 14 | 1:3,660,018 | 674 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 1:3,087,648 | 114,684 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Šir (15), Sír (1), Sîr (1) & Šír (895) are calculated separately.
Sir (41,124) may also be a first name.
Sir Demographics
Average Male Sir Height
174.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sir (Arabic: صير, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺮﻩ, Hindi: सिर, Marathi: साीर, Oriya: ଶିର, Tibetan: སིར་) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Šir, Sír, Sîr or Šír. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,965th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 129,088 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Sir reside; 51 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 21,714th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 41,124 people.
The last name Sir is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 10,544 people, or 1 in 15,114. Other than Bangladesh Sir is found in 129 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 15 percent reside.
Sir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sir surname grew 6,670 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Traditional African (38%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Sir last name are 4.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.06% registered with the political party.
The amount Sir earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.21% more than the national average, earning 371,024 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,494 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.71% less than the national average, earning $19,362,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.7% less than the national average, earning $41,552 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.45% less than the national average, earning $44,491 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šir | 89 | 15 | / |
| Sír | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sîr | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shir | 86 | 361,884 | / |
| Sire | 86 | 10,870 | / |
| Sair | 86 | 4,785 | / |
| Sier | 86 | 1,717 | / |
| Sirr | 86 | 506 | / |
| Sitr | 86 | 365 | / |
| Sirp | 86 | 308 | / |
| Seir | 86 | 275 | / |
| Suir | 86 | 231 | / |
| Soir | 86 | 194 | / |
| Sirt | 86 | 109 | / |
| Szir | 86 | 59 | / |
| Sirh | 86 | 53 | / |
| Sihr | 86 | 50 | / |
| Sgir | 86 | 48 | / |
| Sisr | 86 | 43 | / |
| Sird | 86 | 43 | / |
| Hsir | 86 | 31 | / |
| Ssir | 86 | 8 | / |
| Sxir | 86 | 2 | / |
| Scir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sirz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jsir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sjir | 86 | 0 | / |
| Šír | 78 | 895 | / |
| Shire | 75 | 42,060 | / |
| Shair | 75 | 33,536 | / |
| Saire | 75 | 8,197 | / |
| Suire | 75 | 5,064 | / |
| Sheir | 75 | 4,235 | / |
| Shier | 75 | 4,133 | / |
| Scire | 75 | 3,823 | / |
| Shior | 75 | 1,302 | / |
| Soire | 75 | 1,045 | / |
| Shirt | 75 | 959 | / |
| Shird | 75 | 607 | / |
| Siehr | 75 | 427 | / |
| Sierp | 75 | 420 | / |
| Sgier | 75 | 389 | / |
| Sairh | 75 | 377 | / |
| Siere | 75 | 250 | / |
| Sirre | 75 | 247 | / |
| Schir | 75 | 227 | / |
| Seire | 75 | 185 | / |
| Scior | 75 | 165 | / |
| Saird | 75 | 128 | / |
| Shuir | 75 | 114 | / |
| Siert | 75 | 106 | / |
| Shirr | 75 | 93 | / |
| Szier | 75 | 74 | / |
| Sağir | 75 | 58 | / |
| Sierz | 75 | 57 | / |
| Szirt | 75 | 56 | / |
| Hsair | 75 | 54 | / |
| Shirz | 75 | 42 | / |
| Sjair | 75 | 37 | / |
| Saair | 75 | 25 | / |
| Shsir | 75 | 24 | / |
| Sihre | 75 | 24 | / |
| Sierr | 75 | 21 | / |
| Shoir | 75 | 21 | / |
| Shirh | 75 | 18 | / |
| Sgair | 75 | 15 | / |
| Seirp | 75 | 13 | / |
| Sihrr | 75 | 13 | / |
| Shgir | 75 | 13 | / |
| Scier | 75 | 12 | / |
| Szeir | 75 | 5 | / |
| Saitr | 75 | 4 | / |
| Soihr | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sshir | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sisre | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shirp | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shhir | 75 | 3 | / |
| Soirh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shitr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sdgir | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sairz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ssire | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sirdh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sirzh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shihr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shjir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seihr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Suird | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sirhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Szior | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ségir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seird | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saihr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scuir | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sairp | 75 | 0 | / |
| Scirr | 75 | 0 | / |
| Soird | 75 | 0 | / |
| Scair | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gir | 67 | 22,670 | / |
| Ser | 67 | 9,374 | / |
| Schier | 67 | 8,652 | / |
| Syr | 67 | 2,965 | / |
| Zir | 67 | 2,571 | / |
| Jir | 67 | 1,438 | / |
| Shaair | 67 | 901 | / |
| Sre | 67 | 653 | / |
| Schirp | 67 | 553 | / |
| Sirová | 67 | 531 | / |
| Scheir | 67 | 480 | / |
| Sehier | 67 | 403 | / |
| Shirre | 67 | 388 | / |
| Sirova | 67 | 357 | / |
| Cir | 67 | 311 | / |
| Çir | 67 | 309 | / |
| Shaire | 67 | 213 | / |
| Schirr | 67 | 169 | / |
| Saggir | 67 | 136 | / |
| Sheire | 67 | 128 | / |
| Schirz | 67 | 122 | / |
| Schair | 67 | 118 | / |
| Shaird | 67 | 72 | / |
| Shairp | 67 | 61 | / |
| Sierre | 67 | 57 | / |
| Sahair | 67 | 52 | / |
| Sierth | 67 | 47 | / |
| Schuir | 67 | 31 | / |
| Shihre | 67 | 30 | / |
| Sirowa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sjaair | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sheirr | 67 | 18 | / |
| Soirre | 67 | 17 | / |
| Shuirr | 67 | 11 | / |
| Shchir | 67 | 11 | / |
| S'Gair | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shairh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Žir | 67 | 7 | / |
| Schiær | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shgair | 67 | 6 | / |
| Szirth | 67 | 5 | / |
| Scirre | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schgir | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schior | 67 | 4 | / |
| Xir | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sairre | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sa'air | 67 | 4 | / |
| Saheir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shairt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sheird | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shairr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schird | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schirt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sheirh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shairz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siettr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saaire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgaair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssgirh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sır | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hshire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suirre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siehrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssaire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Séhier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sér | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shitrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sehgir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soisre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soisrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaihr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jssire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seihre | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shuirp | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sierrd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shirtt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Seggir | 67 | 0 | / |
Sir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sir in the Hindi language | ||
| सिर | sira | 76.11 |
| सीर | sira | 18.88 |
| श्री | sri | 3.54 |
| सिर् | sir | 0.59 |
| सीर् | sir | 0.59 |
| Sir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିର | sira | 65 |
| ସିର | sira | 24.62 |
| ଶୀର | sira | 7.95 |
| Sir in the Tibetan language | ||
| སིར་ | sir | 62.5 |
| སེར་ | ser | 12.5 |
| སར་ | sar | 12.5 |
| གསར་ | sar | 12.5 |
| Sir in the Marathi language | ||
| साीर | saira | 60 |
| सीर | sira | 40 |
| Sir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺮﻩ | syrh | 50 |
| ﺳﻴﺮ | syr | 50 |
| Sir in the Arabic language | ||
| صير | syr | - |
| سير | syr | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sir
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis