de Meira Surname

60,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Meira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Meira 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
Brazil8,3281:25,7051,142
France401:1,660,568152,033
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Meira Last Name Facts

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

de Meira is found most in Brazil. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 60,016th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 867,668 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Meira live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 8,328 people, or 1 in 25,705. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 30 percent are found, Paraná, where 24 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 17 percent are found. Beside Brazil it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 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 Meiras9464/
de Meisra941/
de Mira932,358/
de Mera93874/
de Miras88278/
de Mitra8885/
de Meire8859/
de Meras8849/
de Moira8817/
de Mirat8814/
de Meura8813/
de Maira887/
da Meira884/
di Meira883/
de Miera883/
de Merra882/
de Meraz881/
de Meiro881/
de Metra881/
de Meiroz8217/
de Meires825/
de Meiros824/
de Maitra824/
de Meieri821/
De Mejiri821/
de Mirais821/
de Mara8093/
de Miro8045/
De Miri8044/
di Mira8024/
de Mere808/
de Mero805/
de Myra805/
de Mery802/
de Meri801/
de Meierij781/
de Moura75244,818/
de Mitri752,035/
de Maere75911/
de Maura75179/
de Mieri75141/
di Maira75134/
de Mitry7550/
de Meris7544/
de Meere7541/
de Metri7524/
de Miere7524/
de Matra7514/
de Maras7512/
de Mairo7511/
de Merey7511/
de Metro759/
de Mitro759/
de Marra758/
de Maire757/
de Merit755/
de Metre755/
de Moere752/
de Merre752/
de Mayra752/
de Marah751/
de Merie751/
de Merry751/
de Meuri751/
de Mires751/
de Meres751/
de Marau751/
de Merij751/
de Miero751/
de Marìa751/
De Mehri751/
De Mirie751/
de Merio751/
de Meury751/
da Mirza751/
di Meiri751/
de Meyere71932/
de Mouras7170/
de Marais7158/
de Mierry7128/
de Mierre7118/
de Meritt7113/
de Mourra715/
de Meyère713/
de Marras712/
de Maurer712/
de Merich712/
de Metros712/
de Mayora712/
de Mouraa712/
de Mourat712/
de Metres712/
der Moere711/
de Mourea711/
de Mijere711/
de Maraiz711/
de Mejere711/
de Marãay711/
de Maraia711/
de Maraus711/
de Moujra711/
de Merres711/
de Meeris710/
de Mari671,901/
de Mare671,404/
de Maré67177/
des Marais6788/
de Mary6768/
de Maro6762/
di Miro6733/
de Marrais6724/
de Mourais6720/
de Merritt6712/
de Mayorga6711/
de Moureau677/
di Mara676/
da Mara674/
de Metruis673/
de Meyères672/
de Marè672/
de Méré671/
da Miri671/
da Meri671/
di Mere671/
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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 Meira
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