Macanhao Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Macanhao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Macanhao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1701:1,259,26143,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Macanhao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Macanhao is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Macanhao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Macanhao is the 1,315,412th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Macanhao are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 1,259,261. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Paraná, where 67 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 15 percent reside and São Paulo, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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
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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 Macanhao
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