Heroe Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Heroe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 105 | 1:77,654 | 10,215 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Héroe (2) are calculated separately.
Heroe (653) may also be a first name.
Heroe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heroe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Heroe is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as a variant: Héroe. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Heroe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Heroe is the 1,276,805th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 59 percent of Heroe are found; 59 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Heroe is also the 324,981st most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 653 people.
The surname Heroe is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 77,654. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Gulf, where 58 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 37 percent are found and National Capital District, where 4 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 14 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Heroe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Heroe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heroe surname rose 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Heroe
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