Primeiro Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Primeiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Primeiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2861:748,51227,308
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Primeiro (39) may also be a first name.

Primeiro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Primeiro is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Primeiro? popularity and diffusion

The last name Primeiro is the 806,178th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname Primeiro is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Primeiro reside; 82 percent reside in South America and 82 percent reside in Luso-South America. Primeiro is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 748,512. In Brazil Primeiro is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 24 percent are found, Rio Grande do Sul, where 15 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Brazil Primeiro exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 8 percent are found and Angola, where 5 percent are found.

Primeiro Last Name Statistics demography

Primeiro earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.04% less than the national average, earning R 47,424 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proimeiro941/
Primero939,703/
Primiro933/
Primiero88115/
Primeros889/
Primeira888/
Primera8013,919/
Premero8082/
Premiro8019/
Prumero8011/
Primaro8010/
Primiera7562/
Primeras754/
Primaroh753/
Priemera752/
Primerra751/
Primaroj751/
Primmera751/
Primayera711/
Prymera6750/
Primara6727/
Premera6718/
Prumera671/
Premira671/
Premiera634/
Premaroj632/
Primjrat631/
Prameera631/
Premaros631/
Primayura5912/
Premaweera561/
Premara5346/
Prymyra538/
Premaraz5012/
Premarad509/
Premarat501/

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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 Primeiro
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