Fanheiro Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Fanheiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fanheiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Fanheiro Last Name Facts

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

Fanheiro is more commonly found in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Fanheiro click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fanheiro? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Fanheiro are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

The last name Fanheiro is most commonly used in Mozambique, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,703,848. Besides Mozambique this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faneiro931/
Fenheiro881/
Fangeiro881/
Finheiro881/
Faniro8615/
Fanero8610/
Fanergo8086/
Faneros8070/
Fanirou808/
Faniroh807/
Fanerou805/
Vaneiro803/
Fanjiro802/
Feneiro802/
Fannero802/
Faneira801/
Fanioro801/
Fineiro801/
Faniyoro7512/
Fannioro752/
Fieneiro751/
Fanneroy750/
Fanaro71341/
Fanira71150/
Fenero71148/
Vanero7163/
Vaniro713/
Fanera712/
Fénero712/
Faunetroy711/
Fènero711/
Fannieroy710/
Fatnira6723/
Fahnira6721/
Fainaro6716/
Fanirah6713/
Feniero678/
Veneiro676/
Fannaro675/
Feneira673/
Faniira672/
Faneras672/
Vaneroy672/
Feneroh672/
Fanaira671/
Fangira671/
Fanyira671/
Vaniero671/
Fineira671/
Fanarro671/
Fongero670/

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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 Fanheiro
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