Roleira Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Roleira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roleira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France11:66,422,722504,397

Roleira Last Name Facts

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

Roleira is held by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Roleira.

How Common Is The Last Name Roleira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,596,935th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Roleira live; 82 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 82 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 100,175. Excluding Portugal Roleira is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rolleira9315/
Rolera926/
Rolirad86567/
Rollera86170/
Rolirat8634/
Rolerat8628/
Rolerra8625/
Rolerad8615/
Roleiro869/
Raleira867/
Rohlira864/
Roleera862/
Roulera862/
Roliray861/
Raleiras806/
Rollerra802/
Rolleiro801/
Roulerau801/
Roleri77194/
Rolero7798/
Rulera7733/
Ralera771/
Rolere771/
Rolleri711,769/
Rollero71503/
Raulera7133/
Rollery7121/
Roleris7112/
Ruliera719/
Ruliara715/
Reliera713/
Rallera712/
Ralirad711/
Rollere711/
Rolieri711/
Roelero711/
Rolliry711/
Rolliri711/
Roulery710/
Rouliere67153/
Roglieri67120/
Rogliero6783/
Rollieri6746/
Rolejero672/
Rolleros672/
Rolijere671/
Raleraya671/
Rolliere671/
Raeleiro671/
Rolleree670/
Rollerer670/

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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 Roleira
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