Junqueira Surname

18,781st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

Junqueira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Junqueira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21,9141:9,769571
Angola6,3101:4,277620
Portugal7931:13,1381,051
United States1521:2,384,598147,132
France351:1,897,792163,564
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
England161:3,482,379114,324
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belize21:177,7373,502
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Junqueira (18) may also be a first name.

Junqueira Last Name Facts

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

Junqueira is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Junqueira? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 18,781st most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 248,459 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Junqueira live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 21,914 people, or 1 in 9,769. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 39 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 23 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 22 percent live and Portugal, where 3 percent live.

Junqueira Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Junqueira surname are 41.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Junqueira earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.93% less than the national average, earning R 102,360 per year; in United States they earn 22.28% more than the national average, earning $52,763 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.04% more than the national average, earning $52,684 CAD 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
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  • 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 Junqueira
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