Queirós Surname
Approximately 13,233 people bear this surname
Queirós Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 9,077 | 1:1,148 | 188 |
| Angola | 3,549 | 1:7,605 | 975 |
| Brazil | 407 | 1:525,981 | 19,726 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Queiros (6,927) are calculated separately.
Queirós Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Queirós Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Queirós has its highest incidence in Portugal. It can occur as: Queiros. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Queirós? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 39,664th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 550,710 people. The last name Queirós is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Queirós live; 69 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most widely held in Portugal, where it is carried by 9,077 people, or 1 in 1,148. Outside of Portugal this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queiros | 95 | 6,927 | / |
| Quirós | 92 | 501 | / |
| Querós | 92 | 2 | / |
| Queiróz | 86 | 246 | / |
| Queiras | 86 | 7 | / |
| Queirois | 80 | 130 | / |
| Queirosz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Quiros | 77 | 77,354 | / |
| Queros | 77 | 214 | / |
| Quiras | 77 | 128 | / |
| Quiróz | 77 | 106 | / |
| Queras | 77 | 44 | / |
| Quiròs | 77 | 22 | / |
| Queróz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Qeiros | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quírós | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quirôs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Queiroz | 71 | 216,675 | / |
| Gueiros | 71 | 2,434 | / |
| Queyras | 71 | 199 | / |
| Quieros | 71 | 93 | / |
| Querois | 71 | 89 | / |
| Gueiras | 71 | 12 | / |
| Quirgas | 71 | 8 | / |
| Quirros | 71 | 5 | / |
| Quieras | 71 | 3 | / |
| Quirzos | 71 | 2 | / |
| Queiroc | 71 | 2 | / |
| Querash | 71 | 2 | / |
| Queiraz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Quitras | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quciros | 71 | 1 | / |
| Querros | 71 | 1 | / |
| Queirox | 71 | 1 | / |
| Queroìs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quirozs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quirous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quirash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qeuiros | 71 | 1 | / |
| Queiroiz | 67 | 17 | / |
| Qeros | 67 | 12 | / |
| Queiiroz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Queyrous | 67 | 4 | / |
| Qiros | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gueirros | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qiras | 67 | 2 | / |
| Queirzoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Queiro'z | 67 | 1 | / |
| Querrois | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirós | 67 | 1 | / |
| Queioroz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quearois | 67 | 1 | / |
| Querashe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Queijroz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quirouss | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Queirós
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