The Schira surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 339 people carried this name — #56,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 111 people named Schira.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Schira live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Schira.
- Schiltz 2,036 · U.S. census
- Schimmel 2,811 · U.S. census
- Schimmer 271 · U.S. census
- Schimpf 1,429 · U.S. census
- Schindler 9,624 · U.S. census
- Schipman 146 · U.S. census
- Schirm 435 · U.S. census
- Schirmer 3,186 · U.S. census
- Schiro 1,795 · U.S. census
- Schirra 278 · U.S. census
- Schissler 809 · U.S. census
- Schlachter 1,132 · U.S. census
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