Galheiro Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Galheiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 85 | 1:2,518,522 | 76,509 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Galheiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galheiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galheiro occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Galheiro.
How Common Is The Last Name Galheiro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Galheiro is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Galheiro live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Galheiro is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 2,518,522. In Brazil Galheiro is mostly found in: Maranhão, where 31 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 18 percent reside and Amazonas, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Galheiro
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