The Chira surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 196 people carried this name — #88,083 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Chira.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Manche.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 40 people named Chira live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chira.
- Chinault 341 · U.S. census
- Chinchilla 2,094 · U.S. census
- Chini 216 · U.S. census
- Chiocca 169 · U.S. census
- Chiodi 275 · U.S. census
- Chiotti 162 · U.S. census
- Chiri 164 · U.S. census
- Chmiel 1,595 · U.S. census
- Chmielewski 3,421 · U.S. census
- Chojnacki 1,531 · U.S. census
- Chol 174 · U.S. census
- Cholewa 635 · U.S. census
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