Morilhas Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Morilhas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morilhas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1391:1,540,10351,247
France31:22,140,907385,998
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Morilhas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Morilhas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Morilhas is most common in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Morilhas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Morilhas live; 97 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 1,540,103. In Brazil Morilhas is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 64 percent are found, Paraná, where 23 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 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 Morilhas
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