Pigueiras Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Pigueiras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pigueiras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1391:336,34619,522
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pigueiras Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pigueiras Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pigueiras is found most frequently in Spain. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pigueiras click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pigueiras? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,272,314th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Pigueiras is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Pigueiras reside; 77 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

Pigueiras is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 336,346. In Spain it is most frequent in: Galicia, where 86 percent are found, Madrid, where 9 percent are found and Asturias, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Spain Pigueiras occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pigueras9421/
Pigueira947/
Piguiras942/
Piqueiras8924/
Pegueiras891/
Piguera8816/
Piqueras828,354/
Piguerra82648/
Peguiras8214/
Pegueras8212/
Picueras822/
Phiguera821/
Pisguera821/
Pigera801,585/
Pigira801/
Pisguerra787/
Piequeras781/
Piquieras781/
Pesgueira781/
Peguera75215/
Piguero75164/
Peguira7537/
Pigerra7515/
Pfigira7512/
Pigerai751/
Pegeras751/
Pegiras751/
Pisgera751/
Phigera751/
Paigera751/
Pegueros713,346/
Pequeras71112/
Pequiras7199/
Peguerra7178/
Pfigirai7167/
Pighiera7112/
Pesguera7112/
Piguerro716/
Pesguira713/
Piqueros712/
Piqueraz711/
Puigeros711/
Puiguero711/
Pequieras6712/
Pegera6710/
Pesguerra676/
Pegira673/
Pigaiarga671/
Peguerrra671/

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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 Pigueiras
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