Balesteiro Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Balesteiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balesteiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1241:1,726,40656,376
France181:3,690,151224,666
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balesteiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balesteiro is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balesteiro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,465,390th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Balesteiro are found; 86 percent are found in South America and 86 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 1,726,406. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 47 percent are found, Mato Grosso, where 20 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 12 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Balesteiro
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