Amaral Surname

1,552nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350,042 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
East Timor

Amaral Surname User-submission:

Amaral is the Portuguese and Spanish collective for amara, a very common fruit in Portugal and Spain. Probably the surname appeared as a designation for the people who had a plantation of amaras.

Amaral Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil183,3731:1,167141
Mozambique47,5851:573124
East Timor35,0871:356
Angola32,1421:840138
Portugal24,4481:42676
United States10,9801:33,0114,124
Mexico3,5331:35,1332,117
Canada2,3751:15,5142,271
Uruguay2,1581:1,590196
Indonesia1,7511:75,5288,071
France1,5671:42,3885,341
Argentina1,1191:38,1983,200
Spain5721:81,7347,031
Venezuela5421:55,7272,651
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Paraguay3501:20,676833
England3041:183,28316,451
São Tomé and Príncipe1761:1,008151
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Switzerland1291:63,6667,829
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
India1051:7,305,385159,213
Germany1051:766,71957,066
Peru961:331,08511,769
Thailand841:840,933134,389
Australia671:402,92132,505
Benin651:159,00916,217
Cuba561:205,7634,314
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Luxembourg431:13,5012,808
Bermuda411:1,592254
Belgium401:287,41633,962
Chile341:518,13213,148
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Israel191:450,40234,739
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Scotland91:594,86921,724
China91:151,924,6187,954
Norway91:571,36544,190
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Wales81:386,81619,671
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Macau61:100,272488
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Amáral (1) are calculated separately.

Amaral (11,438) may also be a first name.

Amaral Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Amaral is the Portuguese and Spanish collective for amara, a very common fruit in Portugal and Spain. Probably the surname appeared as a designation for the people who had a plantation of amaras.

- lucas.amaral

A Portuguese toponymic from an estate near Viseu.

- mfariacastro

Amaral Last Name Facts

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

Amaral (Arabic: امارال, Marathi: अमराल, Russian: Амарал) is found most in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Amáral. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amaral.

How Common Is The Last Name Amaral? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,552nd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,819 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Amaral live; 54 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America. Amaral is also the 55,955th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 11,438 people.

The surname Amaral is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 183,373 people, or 1 in 1,167. In Brazil Amaral is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 21 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 15 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent reside. Other than Brazil Amaral is found in 91 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 14 percent reside and East Timor, where 10 percent reside.

Amaral Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Amaral has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 99,818 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 15,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Amaral Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amaral last name are 43.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Amaral earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 5.29% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,360 per year; in South Africa they earn 86.98% more than the national average, earning R 444,336 per year; in United States they earn 4.99% more than the national average, earning $45,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $53,298 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amaral Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amaral in the Marathi language
अमरालamarala78.95
अमारालamarala7.02
अमारलamarala5.26
अमरलamarala3.51
एमरलemarala1.75
आमारालamarala1.75
Amaral in the Russian language
Амаралamaral-
Amaral in the Arabic language
امارالamaral-

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