Contreira Surname
Approximately 4,844 people bear this surname
Contreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 3,747 | 1:7,203 | 937 |
| Brazil | 1,091 | 1:196,218 | 7,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Contreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Contreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Contreira is found in Angola more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contreira? popularity and diffusion
Contreira is the 97,923rd most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,504,448 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Contreira live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.
The surname Contreira is most numerous in Angola, where it is borne by 3,747 people, or 1 in 7,203. Besides Angola Contreira exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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