Mijares Surname
Approximately 47,170 people bear this surname
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).
Read More About This SurnameMijares Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 17,358 | 1:1,740 | 310 |
| Philippines | 15,245 | 1:6,641 | 584 |
| Mexico | 7,989 | 1:15,537 | 1,330 |
| United States | 3,255 | 1:111,355 | 12,104 |
| Cuba | 1,107 | 1:10,409 | 888 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Spain | 620 | 1:75,407 | 6,606 |
| Colombia | 242 | 1:197,414 | 4,911 |
| Australia | 109 | 1:247,667 | 22,912 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Argentina | 87 | 1:491,304 | 36,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Ecuador | 20 | 1:795,292 | 13,165 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Uruguay | 10 | 1:343,176 | 22,254 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
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).
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.
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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.
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