de Gouvêa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Gouvêa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Gouvêa 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
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Gouvea (3,036) are calculated separately.

de Gouvêa Last Name Facts

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

de Gouvêa is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: de Gouvea. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name de Gouvêa is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. de Gouvêa is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Gouvêa live; 93 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 15,291,024. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 43 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 29 percent are found and Bahia, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Brazil de Gouvêa is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

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 Gouvea963,036/
de Gouvêia951/
de Gouva945/
de Gouveia8411,242/
de Gouviea847/
de Gouveya844/
de Gouveua841/
de Govea8256/
de Gouveias802/
de Ggouveia801/
de Uva801/
de Goveia78290/
de Guveia782/
de Gouvei781/
de Goveya781/
De-Gouvea781/
da Gouvea781/
de Goivea781/
de Gove7513/
de Osua753/
de Gava751/
da Gouveia7414/
di Gouveia746/
De-Gouveia745/
de Goiveia742/
de Gouweia741/
de Gauveia741/
de Goubeia741/
da Gouba717/
de Gauba711/
de Gaiva711/
de D'Uva711/
de Goubault7012/
de Ava672/
de Oba671/
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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 de Gouvêa
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