Portugueza Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Portugueza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portugueza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines421:2,410,434128,915
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Portugueza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portugueza is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portugueza? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portugueza is the 2,876,555th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Portugueza is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Portugueza are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 91 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 2,410,434. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Eastern Visayas, where 57 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 17 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 14 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent are found and Venezuela, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Portugueza
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