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 found most in Brazil. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oiveira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,118,459th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Oiveira are found; 76 percent are found in South America and 76 percent are found in Luso-South America.
This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 1,289,604. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 24 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live and Bahia, where 8 percent live. Barring Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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