Mooreira Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mooreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Mooreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mooreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mooreira occurs most in Brazil. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mooreira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Mooreira live; 78 percent live in South America and 56 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Mooreira is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 40 percent live, Ceará, where 20 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 20 percent live. Not including Brazil Mooreira exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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 Mooreira
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