Folgueira Surname

281,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Folgueira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folgueira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,1031:42,3864,072
Argentina1761:242,86019,732
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
France131:5,109,440259,941
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Folgueira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folgueira is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Folgueira? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 281,955th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,327,153 people. The surname Folgueira occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Folgueira are found; 81 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 1,103 people, or 1 in 42,386. In Spain Folgueira is mostly found in: Galicia, where 75 percent reside, Madrid, where 9 percent reside and Basque Country, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Spain Folgueira occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Folgueira Last Name Statistics demography

Folgueira earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.85% more than the national average, earning $47,401 USD 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
  • 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 Folgueira
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