Carregosa Surname

274,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Carregosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carregosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,2301:174,0446,705
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France31:22,140,907385,998
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Carregosa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carregosa is found most in Brazil. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Carregosa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 274,522nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,150,209 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Carregosa live; 87 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 1,230 people, or 1 in 174,044. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Bahia, where 43 percent are found, Sergipe, where 27 percent are found and São Paulo, where 23 percent are found. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caregosa942/
Carregoza8953/
Carregoso894/
Corregosa892/
Carregosi892/
Carragosa891/
Caragosa821/
Carragoso78112/
Carregozi7812/
Karegesa7123/
Caragoza715/
Zaregoza712/
Karegesha671/
Karigosha671/
Karagoza591/
Karegeza591/
Zoregoza590/
Karigasha562/
Karagozsoy5330/

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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 Carregosa
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