de Raposo Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

de Raposo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Raposo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941

de Raposo Last Name Facts

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

de Raposo is most common in Brazil. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Raposo live; 73 percent live in South America and 73 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil de Raposo is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 55 percent are found, Bahia, where 36 percent are found and Maranhão, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 27 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Rasposso902/
de Rapozo892/
de Raps881/
Diu Raposo841/
Deraps80643/
Drapos8098/
de Raspasso801/
Drapous755/
Drapuso751/
Derapas751/
Draps71470/
de Ribas7158/
Derebaso7127/
Derapisa7111/
Du Repos717/
Drabo-So711/
de Ripas711/
Traposso711/
D Reposa710/
Derbas676,966/
Terpos67237/
Drapes67127/
Drapsa6792/
Drabos6766/
Drapoš6763/
Drapas6726/
Drapus6712/
Durpos6712/
Déraps678/
Trapos675/
Derups674/
de Iribas672/
Derpas672/
Derapyesa671/
Derbos671/
Derpse671/
Dripos671/
Drapis671/
de Robies671/
Dei Ribas671/
de Rapace671/
Driaps671/
Trapso671/
Derpus670/

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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 Raposo
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