Moreira Vaz Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Moreira Vaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| Cape Verde | 27 | 1:19,616 | 735 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Moreira Vaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moreira Vaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moreira Vaz is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moreira Vaz.
How Common Is The Last Name Moreira Vaz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Moreira Vaz reside; 75 percent reside in South America and 75 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Moreira Vaz is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 2,405,330. In Brazil Moreira Vaz is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 30 percent reside, São Paulo, where 24 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent reside. Not including Brazil it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cape Verde, where 23 percent reside and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreira Veas | 87 | 1 | / |
| Moreira Vizeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Moreira Fazio | 83 | 2 | / |
| Moreira Foz | 82 | 1 | / |
| Moreira Fazzio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moreira Vassao | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moreira Fuzi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Moreira Fiuza | 75 | 9 | / |
| Moreira Foes | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mora Rivas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Moreira Fosse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Marure Vaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moura Rivas | 64 | 2 | / |
| Morarivas | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mero Rivas | 57 | 15 | / |
| Miara Irvis | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Moreira Vaz
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