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
Average Meirelles Salary in
United States
$45,005 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meirelles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meirelles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meirelles is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meirelles? popularity and diffusion
Meirelles is the 33,298th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 456,871 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Meirelles reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 14,870 people, or 1 in 14,396. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 25 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 23 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 19 percent reside. Barring Brazil it is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 3 percent reside and Portugal, where 2 percent reside.
Meirelles Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meirelles last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for 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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