Figueira Surname
Approximately 98,053 people bear this surname
Figueira Surname User-submission:
My grandpa always told me our surname had been changed when his parents came from Italy, but we found his Italian registers that proves he was born a Figuera, in Trento, Italy. We have also found his name listed in the ship that took him here.
Read More About This SurnameFigueira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 35,492 | 1:6,032 | 435 |
| Angola | 32,734 | 1:825 | 133 |
| Portugal | 11,153 | 1:934 | 157 |
| Mozambique | 8,034 | 1:3,393 | 791 |
| Venezuela | 3,404 | 1:8,873 | 884 |
| Spain | 1,789 | 1:26,133 | 2,724 |
| United States | 1,112 | 1:325,952 | 29,626 |
| Argentina | 915 | 1:46,714 | 3,944 |
| Uruguay | 723 | 1:4,747 | 541 |
| France | 718 | 1:92,511 | 13,397 |
| England | 378 | 1:147,402 | 14,157 |
| Canada | 348 | 1:105,878 | 11,408 |
| South Africa | 298 | 1:181,804 | 19,921 |
| Cuba | 160 | 1:72,017 | 2,540 |
| Thailand | 133 | 1:531,115 | 91,871 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Guyana | 45 | 1:16,938 | 2,216 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 1:34,099 | 3,409 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Cape Verde | 7 | 1:75,663 | 2,587 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 1:29,570 | 1,440 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Figueira (5,579) may also be a first name.
Figueira Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
My grandpa always told me our surname had been changed when his parents came from Italy, but we found his Italian registers that proves he was born a Figuera, in Trento, Italy. We have also found his name listed in the ship that took him here. We looked it up and found out that our surname is original from Spain, they were Sephardi Jews who were expelled during Isabel and Fernando's reign.
- prifigueiraFigueira is a surname derived from the Portuguese word for 'fig tree'. It is often found among Sephardic Bnei Anousim and Sephardic Jewish families, who had to take Iberian surnames.
- AnaIt is described that Jews from both Portugal and Spain started changing their names to trees (Figueira is fig tree in Portuguese) due to prosecution in around the 10th century.
- cyfaFigueira Demographics
Average Figueira Salary in
United States
$45,753 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Figueira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Figueira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Figueira occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Figueira? popularity and diffusion
Figueira is the 5,753rd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 74,323 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Figueira live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Figueira is also the 89,726th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 5,579 people.
The surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 35,492 people, or 1 in 6,032. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 24 percent reside, São Paulo, where 21 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this surname is found in 75 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 33 percent reside and Portugal, where 11 percent reside.
Figueira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Figueira has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Figueira last name expanded 9,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Figueira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Figueira surname are 42.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.97% being registered with the party.
The amount Figueira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.48% less than the national average, earning 209,454 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 128.86% more than the national average, earning R 543,864 per year; in Colombia they earn 69.93% less than the national average, earning $6,827,640 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.03% more than the national average, earning $45,753 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.11% more than the national average, earning $53,710 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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