Piedrafita Surname
Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname
Piedrafita Surname User-submission:
This surname is rare, even in Spain. There are several known villages/towns named Piedrafita, and apparently ancestors of people named Piedrafita lived in those places, including migrants to other continents in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Read More About This SurnamePiedrafita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 838 | 1:55,790 | 5,145 |
| Argentina | 137 | 1:311,996 | 24,829 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Cuba | 19 | 1:606,459 | 5,830 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Piedrafita Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is rare, even in Spain. There are several known villages/towns named Piedrafita, and apparently ancestors of people named Piedrafita lived in those places, including migrants to other continents in the 19th and 20th centuries. These are the towns in Spain:.
Piedrafita de Jaca: town of the municipality of Biescas, province of Huesca.
Piedrafita: town of the municipality of Bisaurri, province of Huesca.
Piedrafita de Babia: Spanish town of the municipality of Cabrillanes, province of León.
Piedrafita: Spanish town of the municipality of Cármenes, province of León.
Pedrafita do Cebreiro: Spanish municipality of the province of Lugo.
Pedrafita do Courel: Spanish town in the municipality of Folgoso do Courel, province of Lugo.
This name for a place, and the people whose origins are those towns, is considered to derive from latin petra ficta,which means 'cairn' or 'landmark'. This might explain the several variants across Europe such as Pietrafitta, Pedrafita, Piedrafite, Pietraffitta, that are also found among the descendants of emigrants in other continents.
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Average Piedrafita Salary in
United States
$58,266 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Piedrafita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piedrafita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piedrafita is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piedrafita? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 329,447th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,477,819 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Piedrafita live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 838 people, or 1 in 55,790. In Spain Piedrafita is primarily concentrated in: Aragon, where 57 percent reside, Catalonia, where 18 percent reside and Madrid, where 7 percent reside. Besides Spain it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 12 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Piedrafita Last Name Statistics demography
Piedrafita earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.03% more than the national average, earning $58,266 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pidrafita | 95 | 1 | / |
| Piedrafite | 90 | 14 | / |
| Pietrafita | 90 | 2 | / |
| Pietrafitta | 86 | 153 | / |
| Pietraffitta | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pietrafetta | 76 | 25 | / |
| Pietrofitta | 76 | 17 | / |
| Peitrafitta | 76 | 3 | / |
| Pietrafitti | 76 | 1 | / |
| Pedravad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peitrafetta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beadraft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pedrofat | 67 | 1 | / |
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