Pferreira Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pferreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Pferreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pferreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pferreira is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pferreira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pferreira live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Pferreira is most frequent in: Espírito Santo, where 33 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 33 percent reside and Paraná, where 33 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 25 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
- 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 Pferreira
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