Filgueira Surname

33,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,629 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Filgueira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filgueira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11,0691:19,340938
Spain2,3691:19,7352,172
Argentina8121:52,6404,428
Chile4901:35,9521,848
Venezuela4721:63,9922,854
Uruguay1131:30,3703,497
United States991:3,661,201203,401
Cuba951:121,2923,312
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England71:7,959,723202,100
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Belize11:355,4743,977
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077

Filgueira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Filgueira is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Filgueira? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 33,950th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 466,284 people. The surname Filgueira occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Filgueira are found; 83 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Filgueira is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 11,069 people, or 1 in 19,340. In Brazil Filgueira is most common in: Rio Grande do Norte, where 19 percent are found, São Paulo, where 11 percent are found and Ceará, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 15 percent are found and Argentina, where 5 percent are found.

Filgueira Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Filgueira last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Filgueira earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 17.76% less than the national average, earning $35,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.94% more than the national average, earning $73,502 CAD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Filgueira
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