The Pire surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 248 people carried this name — #72,905 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,090 people named Pire 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 320 people named Pire.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Ardennes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Pire live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pire.
- Piovesan 145 · U.S. census
- Pipitone 1,103 · U.S. census
- Pique 341 · U.S. census
- Piquet 219 · U.S. census
- Pira 315 · U.S. census
- Piras 106 · U.S. census
- Pires 4,733 · U.S. census
- Pirez 134 · U.S. census
- Pirlot 188 · U.S. census
- Piro 1,674 · U.S. census
- Pirolli 352 · U.S. census
- Pirollo 200 · U.S. census
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