Perao Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Perao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 600 | 1:356,791 | 13,662 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Peraõ (1) are calculated separately.
Perao (43) may also be a first name.
Perao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Perao is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Peraõ. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 529,538th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Perao are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America. Perao is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 43 people.
The last name Perao is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 600 people, or 1 in 356,791. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Santa Catarina, where 58 percent live, Paraná, where 18 percent live and São Paulo, where 14 percent live. Outside of Brazil it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 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 Perao
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