Canteiro Surname
Approximately 2,191 people bear this surname
Canteiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,400 | 1:152,910 | 5,853 |
| Portugal | 632 | 1:16,485 | 1,211 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Canteiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canteiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canteiro occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canteiro? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 192,212th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,326,128 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Canteiro live; 66 percent live in South America and 64 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Canteiro is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,400 people, or 1 in 152,910. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 52 percent live, Mato Grosso do Sul, where 28 percent live and Paraná, where 6 percent live. Not including Brazil it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
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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 Canteiro
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