# Hire (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hire/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 799 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,528 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 386,415 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.3% (818 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Heier, Heyer. * As an English surname, variant of Heare. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hare.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hire in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hire in the Kingdom of France.

## People named Hire

- La Hire, 15th-century French military commander

## Similar surnames

Hare, Hair, Haire, Hyre, Her, Herr, Haro, Harry, Harr, Heuer, Hoyer, Heyer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.