Mira is used as a family name or surname in Algeria. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mira
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Algeria
Meaning: The name as well we meet in Italy and in the Iberian Peninsula, where it seems almost always be a place name (place where one has a beautiful view?). Note for example the municipality of Mira Veneto, and two cities in Spain and two in Portugal. In Sicily, Mira could be a variant of Mirra (= the Blackbird).

How popular is Mira?

Mira is common in Algeria.

Mira is ranked 3901 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Miras grew by 32.24894 per cent to 1870 since 2000 and ranked 15625 after elevating 2528 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 58.07 51.34
White 27.81 32.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 11.02 12.38
Others 1.6 3.18
Mira is quite popular family name mostly used in India while El Salvador is ahead in terms of density. Around 139651 people have been found who wears Mira as their family name. Mira is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,525 Mauritania8
6,940 Japan8
1,179 South Korea7
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
23,739 Nigeria5
4,096 Dominican Republic3
3,861 Syria3
10,762 Hungary3
9,077 Lithuania3
6,779 Nicaragua3
6,270 Hong Kong3
1,272 Cuba3
3,340 Jamaica3
20,541 Peru3
37,372 Georgia2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,472 The Bahamas2
12,844 Pakistan2
1,848 Madagascar2
6,266 Luxembourg2
3,871 Paraguay2
19,093 Finland2
14,621 Croatia2
257 East Timor2
6,977 Tajikistan2
1,521 Montenegro2
846 American Samoa1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
123,175 Tanzania1
13,606 Senegal1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,198 Maldives1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
2,190 Barbados1
14,618 Guyana1
7,790 Zambia1
3,275 Nepal1
2,232 French Polynesia1
3,350 Fiji1
6,967 Macedonia1
4,942 Libya1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
17,236 Ghana1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,859 Iraq1
215 Palau1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
10,683 Cyprus1
3,952 Yemen1
18,969 Wales1
6,033 Benin1
7,110 Bosnia1
15,705 Cameroon1
13,447 Uganda1
801 Cape Verde1
353 Cook Islands1
2,309 Monaco1
2,578 Guam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
35,708 Czech Republic36
7,576 Azerbaijan31
14,372 Serbia30
23,443 Norway26
467 Andorra22
46,826 Zimbabwe22
23,914 Denmark20
18,457 Scotland20
4,699 Armenia20
29,856 Kyrgyzstan18
3,852 Costa Rica15
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,623 Australia93
28,801 Netherlands84
4,855 Singapore65
4,082 Estonia61
5,450 Ireland60
4,367 Qatar58
5,963 Latvia58
Countries with hundreds of Mira:
3,989 Uzbekistan983
1,623 Guatemala923
6,705 Ukraine852
10,423 Iran819
3,478 Romania689
8,131 Kenya628
4,798 Kazakhstan553
11,594 Poland525
13,743 Turkey489
1,362 Honduras370
4,864 Greece369
16,300 England344
6,413 Venezuela251
2,236 Moldova247
1,929 Uruguay244
24,304 South Africa237
5,084 Switzerland234
1,693 Panama212
2,965 Bulgaria210
5,507 Israel200
2,996 Lebanon188
21,028 Canada169
5,820 United Arab Emirates168
8,140 Austria157
3,257 Albania148
10,430 Belarus145
5,401 Ecuador138
15,958 Belgium111
3,572 Kuwait104
Countries with thousands of Mira:
742 Colombia9,189
1,318 Philippines7,798
1,574 Egypt6,129
292 Portugal5,199
2,358 Bangladesh4,125
372 El Salvador3,273
1,562 Argentina3,016
4,750 Indonesia3,013
6,435 Russia2,933
1,362 Mozambique2,407
3,410 France2,290
17,461 United States1,881
3,773 Mexico1,832
1,185 Angola1,601
1,080 Chile1,520
7,560 Italy1,433
2,485 Saudi Arabia1,424
2,002 Malaysia1,366
3,975 Morocco1,275
7,757 Germany1,244
1,645 Tunisia1,189
Countries with ten thousands of Mira:
1,955 India29,197
1,173 Brazil13,705
505 Spain10,807
498 Algeria10,175
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Peasant Anna Mira from Italy aboard the Oregon from Naples. She is registered to be 25 years old when she arrived in Phoenicsvill on June 24, 1897. Antonia Mira, 8 months old Antonietta Mira, Carpenter Antonio Mira, Antonio Mira (34) Farmer, Calogero Mira, aged 39, Carolina Mira (18) Farmer, Eduardo Mira (37) Laborer, Enrico Mira, aged 22, and 19 other Mira majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and seamstress, miner, shoemaker migrated to US.

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Mira is a name locates in Catalonia, feminine form of mir, name of Germanic origin, meaning famous, famous.

Mira Namesakes

  • Chito Miranda, Singer
  • Ademar Miranda Júnior, Soccer player
  • Carlos Ademir Santos Miranda, Soccer player
  • Aurimar Adenor Miranda Freitas, Soccer player
  • Adolfo Miranda, Soccer player
  • Aeriél Miranda, Film actress
  • Aeriél Miranda, Film actress
  • Antônio Afonso de Miranda, Prelate
  • Africa Miranda, Film actress
  • Aftab Shaban Mirani, Politician

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