Araujos Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Araujos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Araujos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272

Araujos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Araujos occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Araujos click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Araujos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Araujos is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Araujos live; 90 percent live in South America and 70 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name Araujos is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 6,116,409. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Minas Gerais, where 26 percent reside, Pará, where 11 percent reside and São Paulo, where 11 percent reside. Not including Brazil it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 10 percent reside and Mexico, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arajos921/
Araujoc863/
Araujoj861/
Araujis861/
Athrajos801/
Arujas7714/
Arazos776/
Arajas775/
Aracos771/
Harajas715/
Arasous711/
Haraeus711/
Auraeus711/
Araucoc711/
Arajast711/
Earajas711/
Harraeus6716/
Harasosh674/
Haraoudj671/
Harasgos671/

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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 Araujos
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