Pitanguy Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pitanguy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pitanguy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1861:1,150,93740,026
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pitanguy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pitanguy has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitanguy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,227,038th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. Pitanguy occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pitanguy reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 98 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Pitanguy is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 1,150,937. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 49 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 24 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil Pitanguy exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pitanguiy942/
Pitangy935/
Pitangui88284/
Pitanga802,784/
Pitange804/
Pitangi801/
Petangui7525/
Paitangi756/
Pittangi751/
Pittanger714/
Pitonga6711/
Petange673/
Petanga671/
Petangi671/
Piteinga6349/
Pestamgy635/
Pestongy635/
Pittonga631/
Pitongga631/
Phetangi631/
Piteinger591/
Petasinge591/
Pestanger591/
Petonge5320/
Petonga532/
Petongga501/

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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 Pitanguy
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