Açores Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Açores Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Açores Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal3021:34,4972,124
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Acores (10) & Açôres (1) are calculated separately.

Açores Last Name Facts

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

The last name Açores has its highest incidence in Portugal. It may also appear as: Acores or Açôres. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Açores? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 881,213th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Açores live; 99 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Açores is most frequently occurring in Portugal, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 34,497. Besides Portugal Açores occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Angola, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Acores9410/
Açôres941/
Azores835,391/
Asores8359/
Asgores774/
Asorese772/
Asories771/
Acoires771/
Asore732,293/
Azore73399/
Gasore6715,033/
Osores678,606/
Azares673,673/
Ashore673,226/
Ocares672,501/
Hazore672,448/
Ozores671,308/
Asares671,154/
Asorey671,011/
Asoore67365/
Osares67216/
Achore67102/
Assore6783/
Asorie6726/
Asoire6721/
Azorez6721/
Asorez6716/
Aasore6716/
Azoris6714/
Azoreh6710/
Azorey679/
Asorei675/
Azoure675/
Hasore675/
Aisore673/
Asoris672/
Asuore672/
Ozares672/
Azorea671/
Ashoreash671/
Asiore671/
Asorge671/
Aazore671/
Axares671/
Asotre671/
Asorex671/
Auzore671/
Ocores671/
Açorio671/
Ayzore671/

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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 Açores
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