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 has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms:. 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 frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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.

The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 1,150,937. In Brazil Piqueira is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 82 percent reside, Pará, where 6 percent reside and Paraná, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Piqueira Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Piqueira last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the 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
  • 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 Piqueira
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