Moireira Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Moireira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Moireira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moireira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moireira is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moireira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Moireira is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Moireira reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Moireira is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Moireira is mostly concentrated in: Pará, where 33 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 33 percent reside and São Paulo, where 33 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Moireira
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