Mendes Vaz Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Mendes Vaz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mendes Vaz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil471:4,554,773120,089
Cape Verde261:20,371768
São Tomé and Príncipe111:16,129920
France41:16,605,680368,153
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mendes Vaz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mendes Vaz is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mendes Vaz.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendes Vaz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Mendes Vaz live; 53 percent live in South America and 53 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 4,554,773. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 23 percent live, São Paulo, where 23 percent live and Paraná, where 11 percent live. Excluding Brazil this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 29 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mendez Vaz901/
Mendes Aviz861/
Mendezvaz842/
Mendez-Vaz803/
Montesi Vaz762/
Mendes Aves761/
Mendes Fiuza735/
Mendes Fassa733/
Mendes Fiusa732/
Mendes Fossa731/
Mendes Fascio701/
Mandizivas501/
Montcivaiz501/
Montez-Vaz501/
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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 Mendes Vaz
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