Freira Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Freira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Freira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3381:633,35623,493
Uruguay2011:17,0731,934
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
England11:55,718,059489,080
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Freira (20) may also be a first name.

Freira Last Name Facts

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

Freira is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Freira? popularity and diffusion

Freira is the 496,702nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. The surname Freira occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Freira live; 84 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Luso-South America. Freira is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name globally, held by 20 people.

The surname Freira is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 338 people, or 1 in 633,356. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 13 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent are found and Rondônia, where 11 percent are found. Barring Brazil it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 30 percent are found and Portugal, where 11 percent are found.

Freira Last Name Statistics demography

Freira earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Frreira92250/
Freiras92119/
Freiera921/
Freitra921/
Pfreira921/
Frera91245/
Frira91138/
Freitras8619/
Frrreira868/
Ffrreira863/
Freire83263,787/
Friera83520/
Freyra83443/
Frirah83137/
Freiri8351/
Freiry8343/
Fraira8326/
Freiro8313/
Freras837/
Freura833/
Freiré832/
Frerra832/
Friras832/
Fraera831/
Frrera831/
Friray831/
Frerah831/
Freires7716,905/
Freirez7761/
Freraut7742/
Freiris7730/
Freiere777/
Friraux777/
Freirer775/
Freiros775/
Fretras774/
Freeraj773/
Frreire773/
Phreira772/
Freired772/
Fretray772/
Freiree772/
Fretrad771/
Freyara771/
Freiire771/
Freitre771/
Freirie771/
Frreras771/
Freiure771/
Freirey770/
Frerach770/
Frere736,938/
Freri731,222/
Frery73679/
Friry73167/
Frara73130/
Frire7334/
Friro7331/
Frero7324/
Friri738/
Frerè732/
Freré732/
Fryra731/
Vrera730/
Freirich71110/
Fregiere7123/
Fregieri718/
Freirech714/
Frerault714/
Frejeras712/
Frerraut711/
Freitres711/
D'Friera711/
Frrreire711/
Freiorer710/
Fraire6714,457/
Freyre677,483/
Freres671,853/
Freret671,272/
Frerot67939/
Frieri67652/
Freggiaro67587/
Friery67447/
Freris67416/
Froura67333/
Freireich67291/
Friero67115/
Fryery6798/
Freure6788/
Frerer6781/
Frereault6777/
Frerou6777/
Freyri6773/
Friere6770/
Frires6765/
Fraere6751/
Fruero6731/
Freary6730/
Frerie6726/
Friree6718/
Frarer6716/
Frerez6716/
Freere6714/
Fraeri6714/
Friori6711/
Freury6711/
Fraray6710/
Frerre678/
Vreire677/
Freeri676/
Frayra675/
Freierich675/
Frerio674/
Frarai674/
Freyry674/
Frairy673/
Frearo672/
Fretre672/
Fraraj672/
Frerri672/
Freroz672/
Freery671/
Frerje671/
Frerro671/
Fretro671/
Frairo671/
Frarah671/
Frrara671/
Frrere671/
Fryere671/
Fryras671/
Fryrer671/
Vreara671/
Frerry671/
Frarha671/
Frrari671/
Freroy671/
Frerey671/
Frerit671/
Frioro671/
Frirot671/
Frairaich671/
Fraroa671/
Frerid671/
Frgire671/
Freare670/
Friory670/
Fritry670/
Frasra670/
Fretry670/
Fraras670/
Freree670/
Frirey670/
Fruiry670/

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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 Freira
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