Medeiro Surname

71,589th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Medeiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medeiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil5,5111:38,8451,595
Argentina7911:54,0374,552
Portugal1791:58,2023,162
Uruguay1551:22,1402,562
Bolivia1201:88,4703,770
Venezuela381:794,84412,955
Spain331:1,416,72844,772
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Paraguay121:603,0627,396
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936
England21:27,859,030389,889
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Medeiro (11) may also be a first name.

Medeiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medeiro is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medeiro? popularity and diffusion

Medeiro is the 71,589th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,056,779 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Medeiro are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 80 percent are found in Luso-South America. Medeiro is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 5,511 people, or 1 in 38,845. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 17 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 10 percent are found and Paraná, where 9 percent are found. Barring Brazil it exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent are found and Portugal, where 3 percent are found.

Medeiro Last Name Statistics demography

Medeiro earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.18% less than the national average, earning $34,008 USD 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 Medeiro
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