Picoito Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
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Picoito is a surname that comes from a village name, the Aldeia dos Picoitos (in Portuguese) literally meaning 'Picoitos village'. This small village is located in Alentejo, Portugal. At a certain time in history, many people from the village ran away to Algarve, to two different villages.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 189 | 1:55,123 | 3,035 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Picoito Surname Meaning
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Picoito is a surname that comes from a village name, the Aldeia dos Picoitos (in Portuguese) literally meaning 'Picoitos village'. This small village is located in Alentejo, Portugal. At a certain time in history, many people from the village ran away to Algarve, to two different villages. Some of them went to Santo Estevão and the others ran away to Fuseta. Nowadays, we can say that Picoito is an Algarve surname. However, these days, there are many Picoito in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
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Where Does The Last Name Picoito Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Picoito has its highest incidence in Portugal. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Picoito.
How Common Is The Last Name Picoito? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,222,957th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Picoito is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Picoito are found; 99 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The last name Picoito is most numerous in Portugal, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 55,123. Besides Portugal it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
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