Moereira Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Moereira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Moereira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moereira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moereira is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moereira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moereira is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Moereira live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 4,757,207. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 27 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 13 percent live and Bahia, where 9 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Moereira
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