Meirelles Surname
Approximately 15,951 people bear this surname
Meirelles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 14,870 | 1:14,396 | 761 |
| Uruguay | 409 | 1:8,391 | 942 |
| Portugal | 340 | 1:30,642 | 1,941 |
| United States | 110 | 1:3,295,081 | 188,193 |
| Chile | 81 | 1:217,487 | 6,777 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
Meirelles (49) may also be a first name.
Meirelles Demographics
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Meirelles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meirelles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meirelles occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meirelles? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meirelles is the 33,298th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 456,871 people. Meirelles is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Meirelles are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 93 percent are found in Luso-South America. Meirelles is also the 1,430,306th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 49 people.
It is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 14,870 people, or 1 in 14,396. In Brazil Meirelles is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 25 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 23 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 3 percent are found and Portugal, where 2 percent are found.
Meirelles Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Meirelles are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Meirelles earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning $45,005 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.03% less than the national average, earning $45,691 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
- 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 Meirelles
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