Piñeira Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Piñeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 321 | 1:54,880 | 2,415 |
| Spain | 150 | 1:311,680 | 18,543 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Pineira (292) are calculated separately.
Piñeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piñeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piñeira occurs more in Chile more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pineira. For other possible spellings of Piñeira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piñeira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 585,091st most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Piñeira are found; 65 percent are found in South America and 65 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname is most frequently used in Chile, where it is carried by 321 people, or 1 in 54,880. In Chile it is mostly found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 73 percent reside, O'Higgins Region, where 20 percent reside and Valparaíso Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Chile it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 28 percent reside and Mexico, where 6 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 Piñeira
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