Wir Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3391:390,11633,199
Taiwan631:372,1392,924
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
France191:3,495,933219,029
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
India121:63,922,115578,870
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875

Wir (1,469) may also be a first name.

Wir Last Name Facts

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

Wir (Hindi: वीर, Oriya: ୱିର) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 496,702nd most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Wir live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 203,151st most frequent first name on earth, borne by 1,469 people.

The last name Wir is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 390,116. In Indonesia Wir is mostly found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 29 percent reside, East Java, where 14 percent reside and Bali, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Wir Last Name Statistics demography

Wir earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.3% less than the national average, earning $39,135 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weir8668,544/
Wirz867,480/
Wier864,266/
Wire863,106/
Wair86693/
Wirp8676/
Wihr8667/
Wirr8644/
Whir8621/
Wirh863/
Woir862/
Wijr861/
Wwir861/
Wuir860/
Wisr860/
Waire75688/
Wierz75234/
Wiehr75221/
Wirht75154/
Weire75125/
Whire7559/
Wheir7557/
Wairr7544/
Whirt7530/
Wirtt7525/
Hwire7525/
Hwier7513/
Woire7511/
Waitr758/
Waird757/
Whier756/
Weirr756/
Wuire753/
Weihr753/
Whitr752/
Wihre751/
Wirre751/
Woird751/
Wierr751/
Wirdt751/
Witrz751/
Wierh751/
Weirz751/
Weitr751/
Wirrz750/
Whirr750/
Woihr750/
Vir6770,673/
Bir6755,962/
Wer673,456/
Hwaire67269/
Uir67106/
Wre67102/
Weirth6710/
Wjr675/
Waaire673/
Wyr673/
Waireh673/
Vwaire672/
Wahair672/
Waihre671/
D'Wair671/
Wairdh671/
Wairre671/
Waitrz671/
Wohier671/
Wirtht671/
Wehier671/
Wwirth670/
Wheire670/
Woirth670/
Wuirth670/
Weirrt670/

Wir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wir in the Oriya language
ୱିରwira-
Wir in the Hindi language
वीरvira80
विरvira20

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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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  • 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 Wir
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