Carteiro Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Carteiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carteiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Russia31:48,041,019639,186

Carteiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carteiro is held by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carteiro? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,281,391st most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Carteiro are found; 56 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 56 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Portugal, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 110,832. Without taking into account Portugal Carteiro occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Carteiro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Carteiro surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Carteiro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 52.03% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,299 per year and in United States they earn 68.18% more than the national average, earning $72,569 USD per year.

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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 Carteiro
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