Recife Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Recife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 96 | 1:2,229,941 | 69,391 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Rećife (1) are calculated separately.
Recife (20) may also be a first name.
Recife Demographics
Average Male Recife Height
172.13 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Recife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Recife Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Recife is most common in Brazil. It can also occur as a variant: Rećife. Click here for further possible spellings of Recife.
How Common Is The Last Name Recife? popularity and diffusion
The surname Recife is the 1,882,912th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Recife reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America. Recife is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 2,229,941. In Brazil Recife is primarily found in: Alagoas, where 31 percent reside, Pará, where 28 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it exists in one country. It is also common in Mexico, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rećife | 94 | 1 | / |
| Recif | 91 | 1 | / |
| Regife | 83 | 57 | / |
| Rechif | 83 | 25 | / |
| Rejife | 83 | 1 | / |
| Receb | 73 | 32 | / |
| Rezif | 73 | 3 | / |
| Reciv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Recef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Resif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rezaifer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rikefe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Rechev | 67 | 17 | / |
| Resifa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hreciv | 67 | 10 | / |
| Risafe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rekefe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hreciw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rechef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Resafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rezifi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Retcev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reisev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Receva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Receff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reecew | 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
- 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 Recife
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