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
Contreira is borne by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Contreira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Contreira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 97,923rd most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,504,448 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Contreira reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
Contreira is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is carried by 3,747 people, or 1 in 7,203. Without taking into account Angola this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
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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 Contreira
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