de Meireles Surname

172,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Meireles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Meireles 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
Brazil2,4571:87,1283,280
Portugal281:372,08012,265
France51:13,284,544357,392
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Meireles Last Name Facts

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

de Meireles is found most in Brazil. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 172,115th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,915,018 people. The last name de Meireles occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of de Meireles live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 2,457 people, or 1 in 87,128. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Minas Gerais, where 17 percent reside, São Paulo, where 15 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 14 percent reside. Not including Brazil it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 1 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

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 Meirelles96620/
de Mereles95108/
de Mireles9515/
de Meirele958/
de Meirels951/
de Meirelless921/
de Meirelis9115/
de Merelles915/
de Mereiles913/
de Meyreles911/
de Mirelles911/
de Meiroles911/
de Meereles911/
de Meirelhe911/
de Meyrelles874/
di Meirelles872/
de Meireli861/
de Mirelis861/
de Miralles822/
de Marles8015/
de Meereleer781/
de Merilis763/
de Marolles73107/
da Mireille732/
de Mourales731/
de Margelis731/
de Meuriley731/
de Merlis7042/
de Maurielis701/
de Merolis672/
de Merilio671/
de Marzela671/
de Marila603/
de Marilia574/
de Marilha571/
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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
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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
  • 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 Meireles
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