Piedrafita Surname

329,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

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.

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Piedrafita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain8381:55,7905,145
Argentina1371:311,99624,829
France471:1,413,249138,595
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Cuba191:606,4595,830
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

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.

- Blanca Piedrafita

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.

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