Percheiro Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Percheiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Percheiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Angola361:749,7002,649
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Percheiro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Percheiro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Percheiro occurs more in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Percheiro? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Percheiro reside; 76 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 76 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Portugal, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 84,701. Not including Portugal it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 22 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Percero888/
Perciro881/
Percerou8242/
Percerot8224/
Perceira827/
Percharo822/
Perceros821/
Perchiera782/
Percira7582/
Percera7545/
Pergiro752/
Persero752/
Pergero751/
Percaro751/
Perchereau745/
Porchera71822/
Perserot713/
Preciaro713/
Porcharo712/
Perjeira711/
Perrcira711/
Perciera711/
Perxeira711/
Percereau67114/
Precharoj676/
Percharat673/
Perqueira671/

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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 Percheiro
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