Primo Surname
Approximately 32,458 people bear this surname
Primo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5,674 | 1:37,729 | 1,550 |
| Angola | 5,127 | 1:5,264 | 734 |
| Portugal | 2,651 | 1:3,930 | 456 |
| Mexico | 2,567 | 1:48,355 | 2,553 |
| Spain | 2,188 | 1:21,367 | 2,326 |
| Syria | 2,057 | 1:9,383 | 869 |
| Peru | 1,637 | 1:19,416 | 2,299 |
| Argentina | 1,558 | 1:27,435 | 2,300 |
| United States | 1,479 | 1:245,070 | 23,357 |
| Italy | 1,467 | 1:41,688 | 7,508 |
| Philippines | 1,345 | 1:75,270 | 12,995 |
| South Africa | 724 | 1:74,831 | 9,296 |
| Colombia | 644 | 1:74,183 | 3,153 |
| Guyana | 511 | 1:1,492 | 260 |
| Micronesia | 343 | 1:310 | 80 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Israel | 211 | 1:40,558 | 5,539 |
| Tanzania | 181 | 1:292,495 | 22,657 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 130 | 1:510,944 | 71,022 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Canada | 102 | 1:361,231 | 32,546 |
| Venezuela | 92 | 1:328,305 | 7,307 |
| England | 80 | 1:696,476 | 39,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Haiti | 76 | 1:140,578 | 6,140 |
| Guatemala | 64 | 1:251,292 | 4,191 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Ecuador | 55 | 1:289,197 | 8,885 |
| Japan | 54 | 1:2,367,487 | 29,899 |
| Belgium | 53 | 1:216,918 | 27,806 |
| Solomon Islands | 53 | 1:10,944 | 1,926 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Mozambique | 49 | 1:556,359 | 1,404 |
| Uruguay | 41 | 1:83,701 | 8,547 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Cuba | 39 | 1:295,454 | 5,288 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Bulgaria | 32 | 1:218,091 | 11,795 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54 | 1:929,976 | 55,839 |
The alternate forms: Primó (2) are calculated separately.
Primo (64,015) may also be a first name.
Primo Demographics
Primo Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Primo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Primo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Primo (Arabic: بريمو, Hindi: प्रीमो, Russian: Примо) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Primó. For other potential spellings of Primo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Primo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 17,095th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 224,522 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Primo live; 32 percent live in South America and 17 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 15,012th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 64,015 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 5,674 people, or 1 in 37,729. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 36 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 16 percent reside and Paraná, where 7 percent reside. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 112 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 16 percent reside and Portugal, where 8 percent reside.
Primo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Primo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Primo last name grew 2,739 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 889 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Primo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (69%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Primo surname are 37.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.61% being registered with the political party.
The amount Primo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 10.93% more than the national average, earning €33,312 per year; in Peru they earn 19.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,660 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.57% less than the national average, earning R 179,256 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.2% less than the national average, earning $17,663,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.12% less than the national average, earning $42,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $52,503 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Primo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primo in the Hindi language | ||
| प्रीमो | primo | - |
| Primo in the Russian language | ||
| Примо | primo | - |
| Primo in the Arabic language | ||
| بريمو | brymw | - |
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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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