Paixão Surname
Approximately 39,049 people bear this surname
Paixão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 20,705 | 1:1,304 | 232 |
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| Portugal | 6,454 | 1:1,614 | 239 |
| Brazil | 4,162 | 1:51,435 | 1,981 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 32 | 1:5,544 | 421 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Cape Verde | 27 | 1:19,616 | 735 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Paixão (3,817) may also be a first name.
Paixão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paixão Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paixão is most common in Angola. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paixão? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,274th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 186,626 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Paixão live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 113,770th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 3,817 people.
Paixão is most commonly used in Angola, where it is carried by 20,705 people, or 1 in 1,304. Without taking into account Angola it exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 19 percent reside and Portugal, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxão | 91 | 1 | / |
| Paixon | 83 | 2 | / |
| Paixoa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Paixou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peixão | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pixou | 73 | 437 | / |
| Paxon | 73 | 260 | / |
| Paixa | 73 | 64 | / |
| Pixon | 73 | 26 | / |
| Paxou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pizão | 73 | 3 | / |
| Paxoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paxom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pasion | 67 | 23,434 | / |
| Paxson | 67 | 3,671 | / |
| Pacion | 67 | 2,341 | / |
| Paison | 67 | 1,500 | / |
| Paxion | 67 | 187 | / |
| Paizon | 67 | 71 | / |
| Paisoi | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pasiyo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Paixau | 67 | 13 | / |
| Paiosa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pasaio | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pasiom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Passão | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pixion | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paisom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paisoa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Piexon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pesaio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paxijo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasijo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasxoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pachão | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasyio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paisoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paioza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paixas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paixaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaxoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pisaio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paizou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paxosn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pixson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Paxhon | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Paixão
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