Morreira Surname
Approximately 886 people bear this surname
Morreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 482 | 1:444,138 | 16,828 |
| United States | 194 | 1:1,868,345 | 121,641 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 21 | 1:8,449 | 566 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Morreira (14) may also be a first name.
Morreira Demographics
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Morreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Morreira is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morreira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Morreira is the 397,537th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 8,225,221 people. The surname Morreira occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Morreira live; 56 percent live in South America and 54 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name on earth, held by 14 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 444,138. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Santa Catarina, where 15 percent are found, São Paulo, where 12 percent are found and Bahia, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Portugal, where 8 percent are found.
Morreira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Morreira are 38.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.3% registered with the political party.
The amount Morreira earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 18.8% more than the national average, earning R 282,324 per year; in United States they earn 17.04% more than the national average, earning $50,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $59,899 CAD per year.
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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
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