Dire

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dire"

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dire (plural Dires)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Dire is the 42030^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 517 individuals. Dire is most common among White (90.33%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dire”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 467.

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