Lorêto Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Lorêto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lorêto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Loreto (31,083) are calculated separately.

Lorêto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lorêto is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Loreto. Click here for further possible spellings of Lorêto.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorêto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lorêto is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Lorêto occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Lorêto reside; 90 percent reside in South America and 90 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name Lorêto is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Lorêto is most frequent in: Pernambuco, where 33 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 22 percent live and Bahia, where 11 percent live. Apart from Brazil Lorêto occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loreto9431,083/
Lorito831,591/
Loroto83228/
Loresto772,502/
Loretto771,184/
Llorito77390/
Loureto77288/
Loristo77270/
Loritto77148/
Loritoi77116/
Lorieto7758/
Loratto7717/
Lloreto7713/
Lourito7711/
Lorreto7710/
Loreato774/
Loerito774/
Loritos773/
Liorito772/
Lorotoo771/
Loretos771/
Lorotto770/
D'Loreto7140/
Loureito7113/
Louretto718/
Loreatto717/
Lorretto716/
Lourotou711/
Lorietto711/
Losritto711/
Loreta67591/
Lorita67536/
Lurito6780/
Leroto6766/
Larito6734/
Lareto6717/
Lorota674/
Lorata674/
Lureto673/
Lerito672/
Lereto671/
Laroto671/

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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 Lorêto
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