The Scire surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 562 people carried this name — #39,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (563).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Scire surname
Shortened form of Scirea.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Scire» (English) and «Scirè» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Scire live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Scire.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Isère.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Scire live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Scire,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvatore Scire 1960– · chemist
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Tim Scire 1991– · rugby league player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scire.
- Sciandra 733 · U.S. census
- Sciarrino 650 · U.S. census
- Sciascia 581 · U.S. census
- Sciberras 126 · U.S. census
- Scicluna 283 · U.S. census
- Sciortino 2,222 · U.S. census
- Scognamiglio 294 · U.S. census
- Scola 1,198 · U.S. census
- Scolari 387 · U.S. census
- Scolaro 1,014 · U.S. census
- Scopel 250 · U.S. census
- Scordo 377 · U.S. census
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