de Meirelles Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Meirelles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Meirelles 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
Brazil6121:349,79513,410
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Meirelles Last Name Facts

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

de Meirelles is found most in Brazil. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 523,789th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname de Meirelles is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Meirelles reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 349,795. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 28 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent reside and Bahia, where 16 percent reside. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 1 percent reside and East Timor, 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 Meireles962,500/
de Merelles965/
de Meirelless961/
de Mirelles961/
de Meyrelles924/
di Meirelles922/
de Meirele918/
de Meirels911/
de Mirelle911/
de Meirelis8715/
de Mereiles873/
de Meirelhe871/
de Meereles871/
de Meyreles871/
de Marelle8230/
de Meireli821/
de Merelli821/
de Meirler821/
de Merle803/
de Marles7615/
de Meerler7322/
de Marille730/
de Meerleer70410/
de Merly703/
de Marle703/
de Merlis6742/
de Merlie673/
de Marly6013/
de Marla602/
de Marlei571/
di Marla5023/
de Marli505/
da Marly501/
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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 Meirelles
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