Hereia Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Hereia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Heréia (1) are calculated separately.
Hereia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hereia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hereia has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant: Heréia. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hereia? popularity and diffusion
Hereia is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Hereia live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Hereia is primarily found in: Enga, where 83 percent reside and Madang, where 17 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Hereia is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 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 Hereia
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