Vir Surname
Approximately 70,673 people bear this surname
Vir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 69,922 | 1:10,970 | 907 |
| United States | 149 | 1:2,432,610 | 149,447 |
| Russia | 142 | 1:1,014,951 | 77,987 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Pakistan | 72 | 1:2,481,165 | 21,781 |
| Taiwan | 38 | 1:616,967 | 4,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Vír (6) are calculated separately.
Vir (92,993) may also be a first name.
Vir Demographics
Average Vir Salary in
United States
$44,589 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vir (Hindi: वीर, Marathi: वीर, Oriya: ବୀର, Russian: Вир) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vír. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,039th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 103,116 people. The last name Vir occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Vir reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 10,878th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 92,993 people.
The last name Vir is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 69,922 people, or 1 in 10,970. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 47 percent are found, Haryana, where 39 percent are found and Delhi, where 4 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 55 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
Vir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Vir surname are 13.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Vir earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.38% less than the national average, earning $46,014 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vír | 89 | 6 | / |
| Vier | 86 | 3,772 | / |
| Vire | 86 | 1,652 | / |
| Virt | 86 | 1,616 | / |
| Vair | 86 | 1,345 | / |
| Vior | 86 | 707 | / |
| Virr | 86 | 324 | / |
| Voir | 86 | 227 | / |
| Veir | 86 | 97 | / |
| Vitr | 86 | 44 | / |
| Visr | 86 | 6 | / |
| Vird | 86 | 5 | / |
| Vhir | 86 | 4 | / |
| Hvir | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vijr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Virh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Virì | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vihr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vaire | 75 | 276 | / |
| Virzì | 75 | 138 | / |
| Veire | 75 | 66 | / |
| Vaird | 75 | 50 | / |
| Voire | 75 | 43 | / |
| Vierø | 75 | 21 | / |
| Virtt | 75 | 14 | / |
| Virre | 75 | 13 | / |
| Viehr | 75 | 13 | / |
| Vaisr | 75 | 9 | / |
| Veirø | 75 | 9 | / |
| Vijre | 75 | 8 | / |
| Vhire | 75 | 8 | / |
| Visre | 75 | 3 | / |
| Voirh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vhoir | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vierr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Virdt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vieyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vierh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Virhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vihrt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hvier | 75 | 1 | / |
| Virhs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Veirt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bir | 67 | 55,962 | / |
| Ver | 67 | 3,608 | / |
| Fir | 67 | 1,368 | / |
| Vér | 67 | 1,224 | / |
| Wir | 67 | 664 | / |
| Virova | 67 | 140 | / |
| Uir | 67 | 106 | / |
| Vehier | 67 | 72 | / |
| Virová | 67 | 59 | / |
| Vre | 67 | 53 | / |
| Vyr | 67 | 32 | / |
| Vahier | 67 | 9 | / |
| Veirød | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vaggir | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vjr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vwaire | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Veir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vhaire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Véhier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veirre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Văr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaisre | 67 | 0 | / |
Vir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vir in the Marathi language | ||
| वीर | vira | 99.86 |
| Vir in the Hindi language | ||
| वीर | vira | 99.59 |
| एस | esa | 0.01 |
| वीर् | vir | 0 |
| Vir in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୀର | bira | 50 |
| ବିର | bira | 50 |
| Vir in the Russian language | ||
| Вир | vir | - |
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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 Vir
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