Taira is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Taira
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Taira

How popular is Taira?

Taira is common in Japan.

Taira is ranked 11077 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tairas plummeted by 3.708791 per cent to 701 since 2000 and slipped by 2426 spots and ranked at 32750. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 74.89 79.26
Others 10.98 7.69
Hispanic or Latino 8.42 6.46
White 4.71 5.49
Taira is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 48474 people have been found who wears Taira as their family name. Taira is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
11,802 Egypt4
32,086 Mexico3
124,220 Italy2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
20,837 Venezuela2
21,529 Singapore2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
53,033 Nigeria1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
172,258 Germany1
62,864 New Zealand1
107,212 South Africa1
3,350 Fiji1
49,101 Denmark1
91,024 Belgium1
47,891 Norway1
16,640 Hong Kong1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,790 Zambia1
7,292 Vietnam1
81,201 Switzerland1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,895 South Korea1
5,916 Mozambique1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
272,864 India42
52,316 Spain36
38,499 Zimbabwe30
11,444 Portugal28
62,494 Netherlands22
85,784 Australia19
133,639 Canada18
11,516 Mauritania18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,414 Finland85
117,149 France73
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Taira:
34,422 United States838
27,752 Philippines451
5,933 Peru399
7,351 Cameroon396
19,920 Argentina269
17,962 Morocco268
Countries with thousands of Taira:
3,831 Brazil3,720
Countries with ten thousands of Taira:
434 Japan41,651
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Taira Namesakes

  • Afonso Taira, Soccer player
  • Airi Taira, Actress
  • Yûna Taira, Actress
  • Nancy Taira, Actress
  • Airi Taira, Actress
  • Yoshie Taira, Actress
  • Yoshie Taira, Actress
  • Izumi Taira, Announcer
  • Koichi Taira, Politician
  • Koji Taira, Rugby union player
  • In 1931, Hachiro Taira characterized the role of N in drama movie Ren'ai kyoso.
  • In 1997, Ken Taira played the role of N in 0 film Dosukebe na oyako: Midara na sei-seikatsu.
  • Yûna Taira characterized central character of Nao Kogure in 2018 drama, romance film Hanii.

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