Gião Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Gião Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gião Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Giao (2,449) are calculated separately.

Gião Last Name Facts

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

Gião is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Giao. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gião? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gião is the 1,518,885th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gião are found; 90 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Gião is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 84,701. Besides Portugal this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giao922,449/
Gio867,371/
Gioe751,422/
Gioh75979/
Giyo75788/
Gioi75540/
Gioè7581/
Giwo7542/
Gioy7527/
Giou7516/
Gioa7512/
Giuo7510/
Gioé759/
Giio755/
Gioo754/
Jião751/
Gioia6721,464/
Gi6711,289/
Gihon67823/
Gioux67235/
Gioio6790/
Giyoh6779/
Giowa6770/
Giwao6762/
Gioya6740/
Gieon6716/
Giawo6713/
Gihoi6713/
Giwoi677/
Gioie676/
Gioua675/
Giuao674/
Gigho673/
Giyou672/
Giwoo672/
Giyao672/
Giaou672/
Gioye672/
Giyuo671/
Giooh671/
Giwoy671/
Gihou671/
Gihoy671/
Gihom671/
Geyio671/
Giiyo671/
Giueo671/
Giwoe671/
Giwoh671/
Giwoa671/
Giowo671/
Gioyi671/
Gioyo671/
Gioih671/
Giuwo671/
Gewio671/
Gi-Oy671/
Gioui671/

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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 Gião
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