Bacalhao Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Bacalhao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bacalháo (1) are calculated separately.
Bacalhao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bacalhao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bacalhao is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Bacalháo. For other possible spellings of Bacalhao click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bacalhao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Bacalhao occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Bacalhao live; 90 percent live in South America and 57 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 12,592,608. In Brazil Bacalhao is mostly concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 41 percent reside, Paraíba, where 35 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 18 percent reside. Barring Brazil it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 33 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacalháo | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bacalao | 93 | 482 | / |
| Bacallao | 88 | 5,770 | / |
| Bacalaos | 88 | 2 | / |
| Bocalhao | 88 | 1 | / |
| Baccalao | 88 | 1 | / |
| Baccallao | 82 | 3 | / |
| Bocalao | 80 | 148 | / |
| Bakalao | 80 | 22 | / |
| Vacalao | 80 | 7 | / |
| Basalao | 80 | 6 | / |
| Bacolao | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bogcalao | 75 | 30 | / |
| Bakalaou | 75 | 9 | / |
| Boccalao | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vacallao | 75 | 7 | / |
| Bocallao | 75 | 5 | / |
| Becallao | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bacuilao | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bakalaoh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baisalao | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bakaliaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakaliaos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bosalao | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baqaloa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Basaloa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakaloa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakalao | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bacalhao
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