Carvalhar Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Carvalhar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carvalhar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1621:1,321,44645,095
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Carvalhar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carvalhar is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Carvalhar.

How Common Is The Last Name Carvalhar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Carvalhar is the 1,353,468th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. Carvalhar occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Carvalhar reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 1,321,446. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 52 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 21 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 16 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Guinea, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Carvalhar
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