Paraïso Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Paraïso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 158 | 1:65,415 | 7,986 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Paraiso (26,444), Paraíso (304) & Paraîso (13) are calculated separately.
Paraïso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paraïso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paraïso occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Paraiso, Paraíso or Paraîso. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraïso? popularity and diffusion
Paraïso is the 1,328,442nd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Paraïso live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Paraïso is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 65,415. In Benin Paraïso is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 45 percent live, Littoral Department, where 44 percent live and Zou Department, where 8 percent live. Outside of Benin Paraïso exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and France, 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
- 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 Paraïso
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