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
Morreira occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Morreira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Morreira is the 397,537th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,225,221 people. The last name 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. Morreira is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 444,138. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 15 percent are found, São Paulo, where 12 percent are found and Bahia, where 11 percent are found. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found 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 those bearing the Morreira last name are 38.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.3% being 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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