Amarelle Surname
Approximately 973 people bear this surname
Amarelle Surname User-submission:
Amarelle is a Galician surname, located on the North West part of Galicia in the counties of Bergantiños and Xallas, mainly, with spread to surrounding counties.
It could be linked to a place name, called Amarelle, at least 4 exist in Galicia, but the majority of Amarelles are found in the Santa Comba area where an Amarelle village is also named.
Read More About This SurnameAmarelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 340 | 1:137,506 | 10,364 |
| Argentina | 287 | 1:148,932 | 12,582 |
| Uruguay | 226 | 1:15,185 | 1,718 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Amarelle (12) may also be a first name.
Amarelle Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Amarelle is a Galician surname, located on the North West part of Galicia in the counties of Bergantiños and Xallas, mainly, with spread to surrounding counties.
It could be linked to a place name, called Amarelle, at least 4 exist in Galicia, but the majority of Amarelles are found in the Santa Comba area where an Amarelle village is also named.
Other possibility is the name is taken from a plant called amarelle, with yellow flowers, on the family of Amaryllidaceae.
It exist reference in written documents as old as XIV century and a coat of arms also exists suggesting the family has participated to the wars between Christian and Muslims in medieval Iberian peninsula.
- sicuoyaAmarelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amarelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amarelle has its highest incidence in Spain. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amarelle? popularity and diffusion
It is the 369,492nd most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,489,770 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Amarelle reside; 54 percent reside in South America and 53 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America. Amarelle is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The surname Amarelle is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 137,506. In Spain Amarelle is most frequent in: Galicia, where 89 percent reside, Catalonia, where 5 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Spain this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 29 percent reside and Uruguay, where 23 percent reside.
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