Fereira Surname
Approximately 12,574 people bear this surname
Fereira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5,854 | 1:36,569 | 1,507 |
| Venezuela | 5,106 | 1:5,915 | 702 |
| United States | 341 | 1:1,062,929 | 77,588 |
| Portugal | 245 | 1:42,523 | 2,481 |
| India | 212 | 1:3,618,233 | 101,667 |
| France | 161 | 1:412,563 | 60,334 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Philippines | 97 | 1:1,043,693 | 87,866 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Colombia | 48 | 1:995,293 | 9,207 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 29 | 1:6,118 | 455 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 26 | 1:52,461 | 4,513 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Grenada | 23 | 1:4,719 | 595 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Cape Verde | 11 | 1:48,149 | 1,796 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Fereira (18) may also be a first name.
Fereira Demographics
Average Male Fereira Height
172.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fereira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fereira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fereira (Marathi: फेरेईरा, Russian: Фереира) occurs most in Brazil. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Fereira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fereira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fereira is the 41,502nd most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 579,573 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Fereira are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 47 percent are found in Luso-South America. Fereira is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 5,854 people, or 1 in 36,569. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 15 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 10 percent live and Bahia, where 8 percent live. Aside from Brazil Fereira occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 41 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Fereira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fereira has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fereira surname grew 3,410 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fereira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Fereira last name are 42.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.56% registered with the party.
The amount Fereira earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 25.94% less than the national average, earning R 176,004 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.91% less than the national average, earning $18,637,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.84% less than the national average, earning $36,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.78% less than the national average, earning $47,806 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fereira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fereira in the Marathi language | ||
| फेरेईरा | phere'ira | - |
| Fereira in the Russian language | ||
| Фереира | fereira | - |
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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 Fereira
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