Myre is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Myre
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Canada
Meaning: This is basically a variant of Mire (former French "target" = doctor). However, as the name is focused in Guadeloupe, he should be careful.

How popular is Myre?

Myre is common in Canada.

Myre is ranked 149338 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Myre bearers increased by 2.702703 per cent in 2010 US census to 684 since 2000, the surname slipped by 850 spots and ranked at 33379. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.35 87.84
Black 4.82 6.31
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.95
Myre is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Canada. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Norway. Around 2528 people have been found who wears Myre as their family name. Myre is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
139,444 Brazil2
54,641 Sweden2
123,175 Tanzania1
49,101 Denmark1
53,505 Turkey1
2,613 The Bahamas1
24,176 Qatar1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,724 New Caledonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Myre:
32,967 United States882
1,813 Norway341
Countries with thousands of Myre:
3,956 Canada1,162

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ed Myre worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 31 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Cornelia and arrived on April 17, 1851.

Myre Namesakes

  • Anton Myrer, Author
  • Thomas Myres, Architect
  • Brigette A. Myre, Makeup Artist
  • Delbert T. Myren, Author
  • Jam Myren, Musical Artist
  • Klara Myren, Ice hockey player
  • John Myres, Archaeologist
  • Matias Myren, Actor
  • Robert de La Myre Mory, Politician
  • Klara Myren, Ice hockey player

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