Carregueira Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Carregueira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carregueira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Carregueira Last Name Facts

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

Carregueira is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carregueira? popularity and diffusion

The surname Carregueira is the 3,100,440th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Carregueira are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

It is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Excluding Portugal this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
  • 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 Carregueira
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