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
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Vir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vir (Hindi: वीर, Marathi: वीर, Oriya: ବୀର, Russian: Вир) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Vír. For other possible spellings of Vir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,039th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 103,116 people. Vir is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Vir reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vir is also the 10,878th most commonly held forename in the world It is held by 92,993 people.
The surname Vir is most frequent in India, where it is held by 69,922 people, or 1 in 10,970. In India it is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 47 percent live, Haryana, where 39 percent live and Delhi, where 4 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.
Vir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Vir are 13.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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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