Derreira Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Derreira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Derreira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
England11:55,718,059489,080

Derreira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Derreira occurs most in Brazil. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Derreira.

How Common Is The Last Name Derreira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Derreira is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Derreira is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Derreira live; 95 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname Derreira is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 11,893,018. In Brazil Derreira is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 22 percent live, Goiás, where 11 percent live and Mato Grosso, where 11 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live.

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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 Derreira
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