Carniça Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Carniça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carniça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

The alternate forms: Carnica (356) & Cárnica (1) are calculated separately.

Carniça Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carniça is found most in Portugal. It can occur as: Carnica or Cárnica. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carniça? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Carniça are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Carniça is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Excluding Portugal it is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Carniça
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