Piqueira Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Piqueira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piqueira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1861:1,150,93740,026
Portugal471:221,6658,706
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825

Piqueira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piqueira is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piqueira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 985,740th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Piqueira are found; 71 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 1,150,937. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 82 percent are found, Pará, where 6 percent are found and Paraná, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Piqueira Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Piqueira are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Piqueira earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.81% more than the national average, earning $64,212 USD per year.

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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 Piqueira
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