Pires

See also: pires and pirés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pires.

Proper noun

Pires (plural Pireses)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pires is the 5986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5746 individuals. Pires is most common among White (71.65%) and Black/African American (15.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pires”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• 'spire, Peris, Piers, Speir, Spier, peris, piers, pries, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/

• Homophone: pires
• Hyphenation: Pi‧res

Proper noun

Pires

1. a surname