Palheira Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Palheira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Palheira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palheira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palheira is held by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palheira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palheira is the 1,415,499th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Palheira are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 73,368. Barring Portugal Palheira exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Palheira
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