Direcao Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Direcao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
The alternate forms: Direçao (2), Direção (8) & Direçaõ (1) are calculated separately.
Direcao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Direcao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Direcao is found most in Brazil. It can occur in the variant forms: Direçao, Direção or Direçaõ. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Direcao? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Direcao occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Direcao reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 50 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Direcao is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Direcao is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 25 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 25 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 25 percent are found. Not including Brazil it is found in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 50 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Direcao
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