The Schirra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 267 people carried this name — #72,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 278 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Schirra.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
Who carried it
People named Schirra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wally Schirra 1923–2007 · astronaut -
Heinrich Schirra 1900–1961 · politician
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Kurt Schirra 1931–1983 · boxer
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Bruno Schirra 1958– · journalist
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Stefan Schirra 1961– · computer scientist
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Christine Schirra 1962–2019 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schirra.
- Schindler 9,801 · U.S. census
- Schipman 162 · U.S. census
- Schira 364 · U.S. census
- Schirm 467 · U.S. census
- Schirmer 3,428 · U.S. census
- Schiro 1,832 · U.S. census
- Schissler 839 · U.S. census
- Schlachter 1,333 · U.S. census
- Schlageter 610 · U.S. census
- Schlappi 328 · U.S. census
- Schlatter 1,405 · U.S. census
- Schlecht 2,118 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schirra is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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