Fornelos Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Fornelos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fornelos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2261:46,0982,654
Philippines2021:501,17958,848
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Fornelos Last Name Facts

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

Fornelos occurs in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fornelos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 596,518th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname Fornelos occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Fornelos live; 43 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name Fornelos is most widely held in Portugal, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 46,098. Outside of Portugal this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Fornelos Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fornelos earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.69% more than the national average, earning $49,919 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.92% more than the national average, earning $58,087 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fornilos88105/
Fornelio8840/
Fornelus881/
Furnelos881/
Fornelius82144/
Forneluis823/
Fornallos821/
Fornela8086/
Fornilo808/
Farnelo808/
Fournela7524/
Forniloz753/
Fornelia752/
Farnelio751/
Fornollas713/
Forniglio711/
Varnelo6757/
Farnela6734/
Varnelas632/
Farniela631/
Forniglia5997/
Fornallaz5979/
Varnelius594/
Vereennealous571/
Farnila5341/
Varnela536/
Vornila535/

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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 Fornelos
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