de Faria Surname

6,095th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92,817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Faria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Faria Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil85,7771:2,496239
Angola3,9441:6,843902
France1,2221:54,3567,178
Venezuela7691:39,2772,171
Portugal2261:46,0982,654
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
Spain1081:432,88922,966
Canada1041:354,28532,012
United States941:3,855,946211,262
Argentina611:700,71248,077
England451:1,238,17956,985
Australia401:674,89346,030
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Suriname261:21,2544,689
India251:30,682,615377,978
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Austria191:448,18144,644
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Cape Verde61:88,2742,986
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

The alternate forms: de Faría (3) are calculated separately.

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de Faria Demographics

Average Male de Faria Height

174.06 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 101 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Faria Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Faria has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur as a variant: de Faría. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Faria? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,095th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 78,515 people. The last name de Faria occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of de Faria live; 93 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 85,777 people, or 1 in 2,496. In Brazil de Faria is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 38 percent reside, São Paulo, where 30 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this surname occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 4 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

de Faria Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Faria has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the de Faria surname rose 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Faria Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Faria earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 65.29% more than the national average, earning R 392,796 per year; in United States they earn 49.77% more than the national average, earning $64,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.69% more than the national average, earning $62,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Faría963/
de Farias9478,123/
de Fariaa942/
de Farria942/
de Faaria941/
de Fairia941/
de Fharias892/
de Fariass891/
de Faarias891/
de Fariaas891/
de Feria88128/
da Faria8866/
De-Faria8812/
di Faria885/
de Fario884/
de Farja881/
da Farias8229/
di Farias827/
de Farías825/
de Feiria825/
de Farios822/
de Forio752/
de Ferio751/
de Veria750/
di Forio633/
di Vario632/
de Forja631/
di Ferio631/
dit Farehat631/
de Forjaz591/
de Vorja501/
Di-Ferio501/
de Verya501/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Faria
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