Mijares Surname

11,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Mijares Surname Definition:

"Mijar" is a camp seeded with millet. In some places, "mijar" refers to maize.

Castilian family and place name from Santillana del Mar, sub­division of Torrelavega (Santander).

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Mijares Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela17,3581:1,740310
Philippines15,2451:6,641584
Mexico7,9891:15,5371,330
United States3,2551:111,35512,104
Cuba1,1071:10,409888
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
Spain6201:75,4076,606
Colombia2421:197,4144,911
Australia1091:247,66722,912
Canada921:400,49635,373
Argentina871:491,30436,372
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Singapore511:107,9944,447
France361:1,845,076161,051
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Ecuador201:795,29213,165
England191:2,932,529101,561
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Guam81:20,0153,029
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Micronesia41:26,561731
Panama41:978,06412,245
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Mijares (58) may also be a first name.

Mijares Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Mijar" is a camp seeded with millet. In some places, "mijar" refers to maize.

Castilian family and place name from Santillana del Mar, sub­division of Torrelavega (Santander).

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Mijares is a toponymic surname. There are two Mijares lineages. Both come from the Council of Llanes, Asturias.

They had 2 different houses:

There was a house established in Cue (Council of Llanes) and may come from the place of this name on the City Council of Santillana del Mar, District of Torrelavega, Cantabria. However, there is also a valley called Valle de Mijares in San Roque del Acebal (Council of Llanes). Another house was located in the town of Solorzano, in the district of Santoña, Cantabria.

- saelizondor

Mijares Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mijares occurs more in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mijares? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,909th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 154,495 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Mijares are found; 37 percent are found in South America and 37 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Mijares is also the 1,295,729th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 58 people.

It is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is held by 17,358 people, or 1 in 1,740. In Venezuela Mijares is most common in: Miranda, where 39 percent live, Capital District, where 18 percent live and Aragua, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Venezuela this surname is found in 62 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and Mexico, where 17 percent live.

Mijares Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mijares has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mijares last name grew 162,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mijares Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mijares last name are 43.76% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mijares earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 61.56% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning $17,904,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $43,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.83% more than the national average, earning $53,575 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maijares9318/
Mijiares932/
Midjares931/
Mijarees931/
Mijaries931/
Miejares931/
Mijare9236/
Miares9210/
Mijres928/
Mejares866,961/
Mojares862,505/
Miyares861,252/
Mijarez86974/
Muijres86175/
Misares8663/
Mijaire8642/
Majares8634/
Mijaris8619/
Mijores8615/
Micares8614/
Mujares8610/
Mihares867/
Mizares866/
Mijeres864/
Maijare863/
Mijires862/
Miajres862/
Mijarej861/
Miare8347/
Mjare836/
Maizares801,778/
Maisares80219/
Majarres8067/
Maidjare8037/
Mejaries8016/
Misaresh8012/
Mejaress802/
Miyarres801/
Mojarres801/
Maijarez801/
Majaresh801/
Miharres801/
Mojaress801/
Mieres7713,293/
Meares773,194/
Miaris77718/
Misare77661/
Moires77293/
Maures77209/
Mijara77197/
Mihare77192/
Marees77180/
Mizare77105/
Maires77103/
Mareis7791/
Micare7778/
Mejare7762/
Meires7752/
Mirees7752/
Miarer7743/
Muires7743/
Mareas7737/
Mijari7737/
Miatre7723/
Mijore7717/
Mayres7711/
Myares775/
Mireis774/
Miores773/
Mjarez771/
Maeres771/
Maíres771/
Mujres771/
Majres770/
Mireas770/
Majarreis7550/
Maidjarre752/
Majarries751/
Mijharais751/
Mejarresh751/
Mayores713,236/
Mujeres71563/
Mesares71507/
Mezares71384/
Majeres71325/
Mayares71301/
Meireis71251/
Mojeres71201/
Mejores71196/
Mecares71175/
Mijarra71163/
Mayeres71159/
Maizare71111/
Moyiare71100/
Majores7182/
Mireisz7173/
Mejarez7165/
Meiries7153/
Maisare7149/
Mejaris7148/
Maiores7140/
Mejeres7133/
Mayreis7129/
Marrees7123/
Misarez7119/
Midjari7119/
Mayures7118/
Mehares7114/
Majiare7111/
Micarez7110/
Moiyare7110/
Mireash719/
Miereis718/
Maitres717/
Misaire717/
Misaris716/
Maiyare716/
Mojarez716/
Moyares716/
Mauresh715/
Marease715/
Mijariy714/
Misjari714/
Maurees714/
Meieres714/
Mojaris714/
Mijhary714/
Micaris714/
Majjare713/
Majaris713/
Mierres713/
Maijari713/
Magiare713/
Misores713/
Mujires713/
Mayères713/
Mijhari713/
Mjhatre712/
Miyaresová712/
Maireis712/
Mairese712/
Mijariz712/
Miharis712/
Meyares712/
Moisare712/
Majarez712/
Mizaire712/
Mayresh711/
Maureas711/
Maurets711/
Mearese711/
Misaare711/
Mijarai711/
Mijhara711/
Mijjari711/
Mijoure711/
Miorhes711/
Miyarez711/
Midcare711/
Meiarez711/
Meijara711/
Meijari711/
Meisare711/
Meiyare711/
Marreis711/
Meirees711/
Marheis711/
Mairets711/
Maijara711/
Maiaris711/
Maicare711/
Mijaroy711/
Mijerez711/
Mijorez711/
Mijoris711/
Mijárez711/
Miharez711/
Mierges711/
Moiaris711/
Moisres711/
Muijris711/
Mireesh711/
Misarei711/
Misasre711/
Miyores711/
Mizaris711/
Mizarre711/
Mizgare711/
Mégares711/
Mjarhee711/
Mieress711/
Misaret711/
Mejaire711/
Medjare711/
Maytres711/
Misaree711/
Hmarees711/
Mizarer710/
Majures710/
Miara674,744/
Mairesse673,629/
Miari672,676/
Meare67177/
Maizarez67132/
Majarais67116/
Maisarez6797/
Majarrez6779/
Mhaisare6768/
Mjara6748/
Miary6742/
Mayuresh6726/
Maizaure6724/
Mayresse6724/
Mayurets6723/
Mojrzesz6721/
Mirzaire6718/
Meireisz6718/
Miereisz6718/
Maidjari6713/
Mareisch6713/
Miore6711/
Maiyatre6710/
Maitrese679/
Maisaree677/
Mayurest676/
Mayzares675/
Maiorets675/
Magieres674/
Maureiss673/
Mojarrez673/
Mayorets672/
Maihsare672/
Mauyores671/
Maurgesh671/
Mirzarei671/
Mhaitres671/
Myare671/
Mujarish671/
Maijarry671/
Majrgesh671/
Mareisse671/
Maireisz671/
Majreisz671/
Maizarie671/
Majarrés671/
Maidjore671/
Maharees671/
Mezareus671/
Mirzareh671/
Mirès671/
Mirés671/
Maidcare671/
Midjahri671/
Mjari671/
Mjore671/
Mauresse671/
Miscarey671/
Miarj671/
Majoress670/
Maurhess670/
Meioress670/

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