Guerreiro Surname

8,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66,650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Guerreiro Surname User-submission:

A Portuguese descriptive name, meaning "warrior".

Guerreiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal27,6941:37664
Brazil21,5611:9,929579
Angola10,2541:2,632432
France2,2601:29,3913,594
Spain1,1561:40,4433,926
Argentina1,0631:40,2103,368
United States6861:528,36644,010
Switzerland4081:20,1303,244
Canada3531:104,37811,269
England2301:242,25219,814
Venezuela1991:151,7794,650
Belgium1301:88,43613,772
South Africa1241:436,91737,311
Australia861:313,90427,145
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
Mozambique361:757,2661,613
Uruguay341:100,9349,883
Peru281:1,135,14720,057
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Cuba191:606,4595,830
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Wales131:238,04114,239
Norway121:428,52437,411
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Panama91:434,6958,518
Iceland91:42,2322,922
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Macau61:100,272488
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
China41:341,830,39216,990
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Malta41:107,5681,849
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Guerreiro (118) may also be a first name.

Guerreiro Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Portuguese descriptive name, meaning "warrior".

- mfariacastro

Guerreiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guerreiro (Russian: Гуэррэиро) is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guerreiro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,545th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 109,341 people. The surname Guerreiro occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Guerreiro live; 43 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 859,937th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 118 people.

It is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is carried by 27,694 people, or 1 in 376. Other than Portugal this surname occurs in 73 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 32 percent live and Angola, where 15 percent live.

Guerreiro Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Guerreiro last name are 43.49% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.72% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Guerreiro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.07% less than the national average, earning 290,473 kr per year; in Peru they earn 31.64% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,252 per year; in South Africa they earn 79.16% more than the national average, earning R 425,748 per year; in United States they earn 15.36% more than the national average, earning $49,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $52,541 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Guerreiro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guerreiro in the Russian language
Гуэррэироguerreiro-

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