Ferreiira Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Ferreiira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Ferreiira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferreiira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ferreiira is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferreiira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Ferreiira reside; 88 percent reside in South America and 86 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname Ferreiira is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 5,946,509. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 42 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 11 percent reside. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Angola, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ferreiira
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