Abréu Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Abréu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abréu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Abrêu (6), Abrèu (2), Abreü (1) & Abreú (1) are calculated separately.

Abréu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abréu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abréu is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Abrêu, Abrèu, Abreü or Abreú. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abréu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Abréu are found; 91 percent are found in Caribbean and 91 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.

The last name Abréu is most common in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 104,329. Not including The Dominican Republic Abréu exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abrêu936/
Abrèu932/
Abreü871/
Abreú871/
Abriu809/
Abrju801/
Abreau73276/
Abreju73159/
Abrieu73108/
Abrius7346/
Abriou7341/
Abrehu7335/
Abreeu7310/
Abreou735/
Gabriu732/
Abraeu731/
Abroju731/
Abrașu731/
Abrgeu731/
Avréus731/
Abrihu731/
Eabrașu6753/
Abrheju677/
Abrahou671/
Gobréau671/
Abrehus671/
Abreouch62645/
Abrehouch573/
Avrius55153/
Obriue553/
Abrehú551/
Abreoo551/
Abrahão50214/
Oubriou5010/
Avreius501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abréu
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