Gaúcha Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gaúcha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Gaùcha (1) are calculated separately.
Gaúcha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaúcha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaúcha has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also appear in the variant forms: Gaùcha. For other potential spellings of Gaúcha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaúcha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaúcha is the 4,034,050th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Gaúcha is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gaúcha live; 92 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 9,730,651. In Brazil Gaúcha is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 36 percent are found, Paraná, where 23 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Gaúcha
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