Pinheira Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Pinheira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 181 | 1:1,182,731 | 40,970 |
| Portugal | 132 | 1:78,926 | 3,983 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Piñheira (1) are calculated separately.
Pinheira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pinheira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pinheira occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Piñheira. Click here for further potential spellings of Pinheira.
How Common Is The Last Name Pinheira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pinheira is the 816,514th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname Pinheira is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Pinheira live; 53 percent live in South America and 53 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 1,182,731. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 24 percent reside, Bahia, where 12 percent reside and Paraná, where 9 percent reside. Beside Brazil this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 39 percent reside and France, where 5 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pinheira
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