Perdigâo Surname

128,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Perdigâo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perdigâo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2,7931:3,730441
Brazil5191:412,47515,667
Angola491:550,8002,323
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
France91:7,380,302306,885
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Perdigao (5,136), Perdigão (20) & Perdigào (2) are calculated separately.

Perdigâo Last Name Facts

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

Perdigâo is borne by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Perdigao, Perdigão or Perdigào. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perdigâo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perdigâo is the 128,651st most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,069,150 people. The surname Perdigâo occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Perdigâo live; 80 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 80 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name Perdigâo is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is carried by 2,793 people, or 1 in 3,730. Outside of Portugal this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Angola, 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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Perdigâo
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