Filósofo Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Filósofo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filósofo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

The alternate forms: Filosofo (597) & Filosofò (1) are calculated separately.

Filósofo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Filósofo is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Filosofo or Filosofò. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Filósofo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Filósofo is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Filósofo are found; 56 percent are found in South America and 56 percent are found in Luso-South America.

Filósofo is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 40 percent are found, Amazonas, where 20 percent are found and Maranhão, where 20 percent are found. Barring Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 22 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Filosofo96597/
Filósofos941/
Filosofò921/
Filósofa881/
Filosofos8237/
Filosofou8235/
Filososfo821/
Filosofoss781/
Felosofo7542/
Filosofa7512/
Filosofìa711/
Phylosofou564/
Philosophos5342/

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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 Filósofo
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