Casteleira Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Casteleira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 83 | 1:2,579,209 | 77,959 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Casteleira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Casteleira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Casteleira has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Casteleira.
How Common Is The Last Name Casteleira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Casteleira is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Casteleira are found; 51 percent are found in South America and 51 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,579,209. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 63 percent are found, Paraná, where 36 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Brazil Casteleira is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 46 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castelheira | 95 | 9 | / |
| Castelera | 95 | 4 | / |
| Casteleiro | 90 | 955 | / |
| Castileira | 90 | 4 | / |
| Casteleiros | 86 | 6 | / |
| Castelheiro | 86 | 5 | / |
| Castalheira | 86 | 2 | / |
| Castelero | 84 | 15 | / |
| Cateleiro | 84 | 1 | / |
| Castelheiros | 82 | 1 | / |
| Casteleyro | 80 | 42 | / |
| Castelieri | 80 | 6 | / |
| Castelhero | 80 | 4 | / |
| Castallera | 80 | 3 | / |
| Castaleiro | 80 | 2 | / |
| Costeleiro | 80 | 1 | / |
| Castelhere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Castelairi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Castileire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Castelerio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Katelera | 78 | 266 | / |
| Castilheiro | 76 | 66 | / |
| Castilheiri | 76 | 2 | / |
| Chasteliere | 76 | 2 | / |
| Castalheiro | 76 | 1 | / |
| Castelhieri | 76 | 1 | / |
| Castilheire | 76 | 1 | / |
| Castelari | 74 | 771 | / |
| Castolero | 74 | 148 | / |
| Costalera | 74 | 35 | / |
| Castelaro | 74 | 21 | / |
| Castelare | 74 | 5 | / |
| Catielara | 74 | 1 | / |
| Castilheiros | 73 | 1 | / |
| Castelares | 70 | 4 | / |
| Castelhari | 70 | 2 | / |
| Castelario | 70 | 2 | / |
| Castelarri | 70 | 1 | / |
| Casttileri | 70 | 1 | / |
| Castigliéri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Castigliari | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Casteleira
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