Sirs Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Sirs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sirs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1181:472,18730,747
India121:63,922,115578,870
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Širš (1) are calculated separately.

Sirs (28) may also be a first name.

Sirs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sirs (Hindi: सिरस, Russian: Сирс) is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Širš. For other potential spellings of Sirs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sirs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,252,959th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Sirs are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name internationally, held by 28 people.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 472,187. In England Sirs is primarily found in: Durham, where 42 percent reside, Berkshire, where 18 percent reside and Greater London, where 8 percent reside. Other than England this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and New Zealand, where 7 percent reside.

Sirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sirs has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sirs last name increased 983 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sirs Last Name Statistics demography

Sirs earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.36% less than the national average, earning $25,732 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siers891,616/
Sirse89232/
Sirrs89227/
Sairs8947/
Sirås899/
Shirs893/
Sirst893/
Sirsh891/
Sirsj891/
Seirs891/
Širš831/
Shiers801,351/
Shirse80327/
Sirsch80201/
Shairs8045/
Shirsh8032/
Sciers8028/
Sgiers8024/
Sheirs8016/
Sziers8015/
Sierst8013/
Schirs8013/
Sciors804/
Sierrs804/
Sirshe802/
Siersz802/
Sairse801/
Shoirs800/
Sierss800/
Shirst800/
Shirrs800/
Sers751,027/
Girs75729/
Särs75108/
Jirs755/
Cirs752/
Zirs751/
Syrs751/
Sirx751/
Scheirs73349/
Schiers73217/
Siersch73155/
Shirshe7397/
Sirsova7342/
Shirsth736/
Shirsht732/
Sheirsh731/
Shirsch731/
Shirshd731/
Schairs730/
Sears6752,246/
Sirch671,817/
Giers671,528/
Seers671,164/
Girsh671,017/
Girst67164/
Serse67162/
Cirss67121/
Sayrs6792/
Sirše6785/
Girse6770/
Seurs6759/
Cirse6742/
Ziers6737/
Chirs6734/
Shers6733/
Shirshth6724/
Jirse6722/
Girss6720/
Schirsch6716/
Särås6712/
Cirsz677/
Serrs675/
Jairs673/
Sehrs673/
Serst673/
Cirst672/
Sirce672/
Sersh672/
Zairs672/
Jirst672/
Zirse672/
Sirje672/
Jirsh671/
Cirsp671/
Sirshova671/
Jirås671/
Gisrs671/
Hsers671/
Seyrs670/
Scers670/
Girrs670/

Sirs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sirs in the Hindi language
सिरसsirasa66.67
सीरसsirasa33.33
Sirs in the Russian language
Сирсsirs-

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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 Sirs
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