de Gouvea Surname

146,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,036 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Gouvea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Gouvea 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
Brazil3,0201:70,8862,637
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
France21:33,211,361423,184
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: de Gouvêa (15) are calculated separately.

de Gouvea Last Name Facts

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

de Gouvea is found most in Brazil. It may also appear as: de Gouvêa. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 146,102nd most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,400,377 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Gouvea live; 100 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname de Gouvea is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 3,020 people, or 1 in 70,886. In Brazil de Gouvea is most common in: São Paulo, where 42 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 24 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil de Gouvea occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

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 Gouvêa9615/
de Gouveia9511,242/
de Gouviea957/
de Gouveya954/
de Gouveua951/
de Govea9456/
de Gouva945/
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de Ggouveia901/
de Gouveiea901/
de Goveia89290/
de Gouvia897/
de Guveia892/
de Goivea891/
da Gouvea891/
De-Gouvea891/
de Goveya891/
de Gouvei891/
de Gove8813/
da Gouveia8414/
di Gouveia846/
De-Gouveia845/
de Goiveia842/
de Gouvêia841/
de Gauveia841/
de Goubeia841/
de Gouweia841/
de Govia8228/
de Uva801/
de Give7533/
de Gobe7515/
de Osua753/
de Hove752/
de Gava751/
da Gavea7113/
de Gobeo7110/
da Gouba717/
de Gaiva711/
de D'Uva711/
de Gaves711/
de Gavia711/
de Gauba711/
de Goubault7012/
de Houwer67712/
de Ava672/
de Ave671/
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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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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Gouvea
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