de Paiva Surname

6,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Paiva Surname User-submission:

(Portuguese) It is a toponymic meaning 'from Terras de Paiva', today Castelo de Paiva, a village in the District of Aveiro in the northern region of Portugal.

de Paiva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil83,0581:2,577246
South Africa4111:131,81915,401
Portugal2171:48,0102,732
France1091:609,38380,423
Australia641:421,80833,593
Canada561:657,95753,499
Angola491:550,8002,323
England491:1,137,10353,999
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

The alternate forms: de Païva (1) are calculated separately.

de Paiva Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Portuguese) It is a toponymic meaning 'from Terras de Paiva', today Castelo de Paiva, a village in the District of Aveiro in the northern region of Portugal.

- antoniopaiva

De Paiva is a Portuguese toponymic surname from the city that today is Castelo de Paiva in the north of Portugal.

- antoniopaiva

de Paiva Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Paiva is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: de Païva. Click here for other possible spellings of de Paiva.

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

The surname de Paiva is the 6,715th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 86,502 people. The surname de Paiva occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Paiva reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 83,058 people, or 1 in 2,577. In Brazil de Paiva is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 23 percent live, São Paulo, where 19 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent live. Beside Brazil de Paiva occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Portugal, where 0 percent live.

de Paiva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Paiva has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Paiva Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Paiva earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.13% less than the national average, earning 331,771 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 92.02% more than the national average, earning R 456,324 per year; in United States they earn 89.6% more than the national average, earning $81,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning $58,620 CAD per year.

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