Peireira Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Peireira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 127 | 1:1,685,625 | 55,239 |
| France | 79 | 1:840,794 | 99,796 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Peireira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peireira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peireira is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Peireira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peireira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,020,242nd most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. The surname Peireira occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Peireira are found; 52 percent are found in South America and 51 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Peireira is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,685,625. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 17 percent reside, Bahia, where 15 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 32 percent reside and Portugal, where 11 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
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