de Oliveira Surname

139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,076,681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Oliveira Surname User-submission:

The Oliveira surname means 'olive tree'. It comes from the state of Aragon, Spain but it's mostly used in Brasil and Angola.

de Oliveira 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
Brazil3,972,8071:548
Angola74,3411:36362
France13,6841:4,854385
Spain3,7771:12,3781,428
Venezuela2,3241:12,9971,107
Argentina1,4511:29,4582,470
South Africa1,2481:43,4125,540
Paraguay1,1531:6,276455
Cape Verde1,0461:50674
Switzerland6211:13,2252,189
United States4661:777,80960,305
Uruguay4011:8,558953
São Tomé and Príncipe3641:48795
Belgium2791:41,2076,749
England2501:222,87218,741
Thailand2391:295,55850,871
Australia2281:118,40213,082
Suriname2241:2,467352
Canada2191:168,24516,926
Andorra1711:49072
Ecuador1571:101,3116,214
Chile1511:116,6654,238
Bolivia1241:85,6163,693
Dominican Republic1231:84,8213,815
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Luxembourg851:6,8301,029
India831:9,241,752184,052
Namibia561:43,0255,619
Italy551:1,111,94072,628
Saint Barthelemy511:18927
Sweden411:240,16516,652
Iceland401:9,502929
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Qatar281:84,2149,043
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Panama261:150,4714,892
Greece211:527,60966,013
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Guyana171:44,8374,218
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Peru151:2,118,94225,723
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Liechtenstein31:12,7931,395
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
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The alternate forms: de Olíveira (57,332) are calculated separately.

de Oliveira (22) may also be a first name.

de Oliveira Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Oliveira surname means 'olive tree'. It comes from the state of Aragon, Spain but it's mostly used in Brasil and Angola.

- mathdo20

This surname means 'of the olive tree'

- helenaoliveira
DNA test information
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de Oliveira Demographics

Average de Oliveira Salary in
United States

$64,982 USD

Per year
Rank:
146,192 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000158483
Rank: 51,530 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
150.59%
Sample size: 208 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Oliveira Last Name Facts

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

de Oliveira is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: de Olíveira. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

de Oliveira is the 139th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,788 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of de Oliveira are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America. de Oliveira is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 22 people.

It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 3,972,807 people, or 1 in 54. In Brazil de Oliveira is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 25 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live. Beside Brazil it occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

de Oliveira Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Oliveira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 43.83% less than the national average, earning €16,869 per year; in Peru they earn 207.76% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,659 per year; in South Africa they earn 86% more than the national average, earning R 442,008 per year; in United States they earn 50.6% more than the national average, earning $64,982 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $54,183 CAD per year.

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 Olíveira9757,332/
de Oliveiras96116/
de Olliveira9648/
de Oiliveira9647/
de Oliveiira9635/
de Olioveira9629/
de Oliveiera9625/
de Oliveiraa9622/
de Oliveiora9619/
de Oliveirra9619/
de Oliveitra9618/
de Oliveirea9617/
de Olieveira9617/
de Oliveiara9610/
de Ooliveira969/
de Oloiveira967/
de Oliuveira966/
de Oliveiura964/
de Holiveira964/
der Oliveira963/
de Oliveuira963/
de Ouliveira963/
de Oliveiraz962/
de Oleiveira962/
de Oluiveira962/
de Oliveiroa961/
de Oeliveira961/
de Oliveirat961/
de Oliveiraj961/
de Olivera958,345/
de Olivira95223/
de Oliveiraaa921/
de Oliviera912,098/
da Oliveira91197/
di Oliveira91148/
de Oliveiro91129/
de Oleveira9176/
De-Oliveira9172/
de Olievira9154/
de Olibeira9123/
de Oliveura9119/
de Aliveira9117/
de Olivaira9114/
de Oluveira9114/
de Oliveire9111/
de Olyveira9110/
de Oliveyra916/
de Oliveras915/
de Oliveera913/
de Oliverra912/
de Oliweira911/
de Oliveiri911/
de Olaveira911/
de Oliewira911/
de Eliveira911/
de Olivirra911/
de Oliveiros8722/
de Olivero8663/
de-Olivera8611/
de Olibera865/
di Olivera864/
da Olivera861/
de Olevira861/
da Olivira861/
de Olyvera861/
de Oliverraaa831/
de Oliverio8294/
de Oliveros8210/
de Olivieri8210/
De-Oliveyra824/
de Oliviere822/
De-Oliviera822/
Da-Oliveira821/
di Oliviera821/
De-Eliveira821/
de Oliviero821/
de Oleveera821/
de Oleveiro821/
de Olibiera821/
de Olivari762/
de Olivares7336/
de Olivarez732/
di Olívêra671/
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