Arvalho Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Arvalho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arvalho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Arvalho Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arvalho is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arvalho? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Arvalho is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Arvalho live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 28 percent live, São Paulo, where 17 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 11 percent live. Other than Brazil Arvalho occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and Portugal, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garvalho937/
Earvalho932/
Arvalo921,013/
Arvallo86550/
Orvalho86521/
Arvalos8614/
Arvealo866/
Arrvalo862/
Arzvalo861/
Arvallos803/
Garualho802/
Garvallo802/
Harvalos801/
Arvelo7711,332/
Arvala77359/
Orvalo7736/
Arbalo7714/
Arualo771/
Ervalo771/
Arballo715,881/
Harvala71311/
Arbalou71136/
Arvello7198/
Aarvala7117/
Arbailo719/
Arvalla718/
Árevalo715/
Garbalo712/
Arvelio712/
Orrvalo712/
Arbaloo711/
Arzvala711/
Arzbalo711/
Garvala711/
Harbalou67136/
Garballo6751/
Garvalia6736/
Arballos6719/
Garvalla6715/
Garbalah6713/
Hervalha672/
Arwaeloh672/
Garbalou671/
Arbaillo671/
Gaarvala671/
Arzbalah671/

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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 Arvalho
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