Pessoa Ferreira Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Pessoa Ferreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 141 | 1:1,518,258 | 50,663 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Pessoa Ferreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessoa Ferreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pessoa Ferreira is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pessoa Ferreira.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessoa Ferreira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pessoa Ferreira is the 1,484,726th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pessoa Ferreira live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 1,518,258. In Brazil Pessoa Ferreira is most frequent in: Pernambuco, where 17 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 16 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in France, where 1 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 Pessoa Ferreira
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