Oiveira Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Oiveira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 166 | 1:1,289,604 | 44,167 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oiveira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oiveira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oiveira is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oiveira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,118,459th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. Oiveira occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Oiveira live; 76 percent live in South America and 76 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name Oiveira is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 1,289,604. In Brazil Oiveira is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 24 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent are found and Bahia, where 8 percent are found. Besides Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 22 percent are found and The United States, 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 Oiveira
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