Peralva Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Peralva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 302 | 1:708,855 | 26,015 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
Peralva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peralva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peralva is found most frequently in Brazil. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peralva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 876,631st most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Peralva reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Luso-South America.
Peralva is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 708,855. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 58 percent reside, Bahia, where 18 percent reside and São Paulo, where 11 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 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
- 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 Peralva
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