Cachoeira Surname
Approximately 2,659 people bear this surname
Cachoeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2,641 | 1:81,058 | 3,037 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Cachoeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cachoeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cachoeira occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cachoeira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 163,373rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,740,709 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cachoeira are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Cachoeira is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,641 people, or 1 in 81,058. In Brazil it is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 40 percent live, São Paulo, where 13 percent live and Bahia, where 12 percent live. Barring Brazil it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cachoeiras | 95 | 9 | / |
| Cachoeiro | 89 | 77 | / |
| Cachueira | 89 | 6 | / |
| Caxoeira | 82 | 47 | / |
| Cajoeiro | 71 | 18 | / |
| Caxoeiro | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kacheura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cacaeiro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cajuhiro | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kojchahirau | 50 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cachoeira
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