Gouvea Surname
Approximately 20,419 people bear this surname
Gouvea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 20,024 | 1:10,691 | 608 |
| United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
| South Africa | 144 | 1:376,234 | 33,811 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Gouvêa (2,413) are calculated separately.
Gouvea Demographics
Average Gouvea Salary in
United States
$34,911 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gouvea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouvea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gouvea has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur as a variant: Gouvêa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouvea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 26,349th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 356,900 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gouvea live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 20,024 people, or 1 in 10,691. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 30 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 23 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Gouvea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gouvea has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gouvea surname rose 16,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gouvea Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gouvea surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Gouvea earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning R 248,784 per year and in United States they earn 19.09% less than the national average, earning $34,911 USD per year.
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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 Gouvea
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