Prazeres Surname

25,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Prazeres Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prazeres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil9,4611:22,6271,049
Angola8,6761:3,111484
Portugal2,7361:3,808451
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
France1031:644,88183,663
São Tomé and Príncipe791:2,246256
Canada561:657,95753,499
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
India251:30,682,615377,978
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England101:5,571,806158,774
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Cape Verde31:176,5474,737
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Macau11:601,6301,582
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Prazéres (1) are calculated separately.

Prazeres (3,778) may also be a first name.

Prazeres Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prazeres has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also occur in the variant forms: Prazéres. Click here for other possible spellings of Prazeres.

How Common Is The Last Name Prazeres? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 25,244th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 340,954 people. The surname Prazeres is primarily found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Prazeres reside; 44 percent reside in South America and 44 percent reside in Luso-South America. Prazeres is also the 114,485th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 3,778 people.

Prazeres is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 9,461 people, or 1 in 22,627. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Bahia, where 19 percent live, Pernambuco, where 15 percent live and São Paulo, where 15 percent live. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 41 percent live and Portugal, where 13 percent live.

Prazeres Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Prazeres last name are 41.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.44% registered with the party.

The amount Prazeres earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.04% less than the national average, earning R 111,600 per year; in United States they earn 26.83% more than the national average, earning $54,728 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.14% less than the national average, earning $47,628 CAD 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 Prazeres
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