Correia Surname
Approximately 783,602 people bear this surname
Correia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 387,984 | 1:552 | 74 |
| Angola | 136,654 | 1:198 | 33 |
| Portugal | 78,533 | 1:133 | 22 |
| Mozambique | 62,416 | 1:437 | 82 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 55,456 | 1:31 | 9 |
| East Timor | 13,533 | 1:90 | 27 |
| United States | 12,038 | 1:30,110 | 3,742 |
| France | 9,065 | 1:7,327 | 640 |
| Cape Verde | 7,899 | 1:67 | 15 |
| Canada | 2,899 | 1:12,710 | 1,870 |
| Venezuela | 2,463 | 1:12,263 | 1,071 |
| India | 2,429 | 1:315,795 | 17,610 |
| Spain | 2,017 | 1:23,179 | 2,482 |
| South Africa | 1,904 | 1:28,455 | 3,663 |
| England | 1,179 | 1:47,259 | 5,941 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 971 | 1:183 | 42 |
| Switzerland | 882 | 1:9,312 | 1,518 |
| Argentina | 731 | 1:58,473 | 4,970 |
| Australia | 553 | 1:48,817 | 6,085 |
| Germany | 378 | 1:212,977 | 24,077 |
| Belgium | 376 | 1:30,576 | 4,946 |
| Luxembourg | 304 | 1:1,910 | 206 |
| Ecuador | 293 | 1:54,286 | 4,884 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Netherlands | 179 | 1:94,342 | 15,464 |
| Guyana | 169 | 1:4,510 | 804 |
| Andorra | 165 | 1:508 | 75 |
| Indonesia | 158 | 1:837,020 | 63,356 |
| Bermuda | 155 | 1:421 | 52 |
| Uruguay | 141 | 1:24,339 | 2,846 |
| Congo | 131 | 1:38,085 | 3,611 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Paraguay | 94 | 1:76,987 | 1,954 |
| Thailand | 90 | 1:784,870 | 127,251 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 67 | 1:20,358 | 2,366 |
| Ireland | 60 | 1:78,482 | 4,686 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Namibia | 45 | 1:53,542 | 6,362 |
| Italy | 42 | 1:1,456,112 | 80,162 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:133,845 | 8,251 |
| Senegal | 38 | 1:383,667 | 1,883 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| Chile | 30 | 1:587,216 | 14,299 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Panama | 26 | 1:150,471 | 4,892 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| Curaçao | 23 | 1:6,837 | 197 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Gibraltar | 19 | 1:1,787 | 420 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Macau | 10 | 1:60,163 | 387 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Corrêia (31), Correïa (3) & Corréia (1) are calculated separately.
Correia (11,000) may also be a first name.
Correia Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Leather Strap” in Portuguese.
User-submitted Reference
It's a toponymic (geographical origin) surname from Iberian Peninsula, which indicates a place with many correas, a genus of plant. It's origin may be from the XIII century, found out in a Latin document of 'Dominicus Menendi, clericus, dictus Corrigia'.
It also means 'leather strap' in Portuguese (correia) or Spanish (correa).
- amandacorreaCorreia Demographics
Average Male Correia Height
172.93 cm
Average Female Correia Height
160.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Correia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Correia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Correia (Arabic: كورييا) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Corrêia, Correïa or Corréia. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Correia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 698th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,300 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Correia live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America. Correia is also the 57,465th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 11,000 people.
The surname Correia is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 387,984 people, or 1 in 552. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Bahia, where 11 percent live and Pernambuco, where 9 percent live. Other than Brazil Correia is found in 129 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 17 percent live and Portugal, where 10 percent live.
Correia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Correia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Correia last name increased 601,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Correia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Correia are 44.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.75% registered with the party.
The amount Correia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.26% less than the national average, earning 224,059 kr per year; in Peru they earn 69.93% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,940 per year; in South Africa they earn 83.62% more than the national average, earning R 436,356 per year; in United States they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $46,317 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.19% more than the national average, earning $52,760 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Correia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Correia in the Arabic language | ||
| كورييا | kwryya | - |
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