Coracao Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Coracao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coracao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3851:556,03720,801
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

The alternate forms: Coraçaõ (1) are calculated separately.

Coracao (24) may also be a first name.

Coracao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Coracao is most common in Brazil. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Coraçaõ. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coracao? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 733,258th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Coracao are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America. Coracao is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.

This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 556,037. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 28 percent are found, Bahia, where 22 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coraçaõ901/
Corazao86219/
Curacao8621/
Coracoa861/
Carracao8017/
Coroccao800/
Carrascao755/
Curaçao716/
Churhachao713/
Corazoa712/
Curazao712/
Carazao711/
Karacaoz67128/
Caracioa671/
Korakaos671/
Karacaot671/
Karachaou631/
Karakao5718/
Zarakao5712/
Kerecao571/
Korakoua5337/
Karacoha531/
Kerakaho531/

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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 Coracao
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