Moliveira Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Moliveira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
Moliveira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moliveira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moliveira occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moliveira? popularity and diffusion
Moliveira is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Moliveira live; 76 percent live in South America and 76 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name Moliveira is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 16,467,256. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 54 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 23 percent are found and Paraná, where 15 percent are found. Other than Brazil Moliveira occurs in one country. It also occurs in Portugal, where 24 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Moliveira
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