Saavedra Surname

1,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Chile

Saavedra Surname Definition:

Surname found in Orense. Name of village near Mondonedo.

From Basque "sala verra" which means "casa" or "palacio" - house or palace.

Galician name from Lugo and by tradition traced to Emperor Caligula. Spread throughout the Peninsula.

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Saavedra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru70,5111:45163
Mexico55,4531:2,238322
Chile53,5841:32960
Colombia36,1541:1,321272
Argentina29,1901:1,464204
Bolivia27,4591:38771
Venezuela18,4211:1,640298
Spain18,2541:2,561296
Philippines18,2361:5,552458
United States16,2901:22,2502,791
Ecuador7,0951:2,242394
Panama6,2181:629125
Cuba6,1081:1,886283
Nicaragua2,5061:2,403365
Paraguay1,9861:3,644370
Brazil1,7761:120,5374,559
Uruguay1,7201:1,995241
Honduras1,5911:5,541515
El Salvador1,2251:5,179523
Guatemala1,0881:14,7821,358
Portugal1,0571:9,856846
Canada3881:94,96310,347
Costa Rica3701:12,919570
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
France2611:254,49339,305
Dominican Republic1771:58,9432,908
Puerto Rico1741:20,403720
Thailand1301:543,37293,529
England1031:540,95233,556
Australia851:317,59627,389
Italy711:861,36265,615
Belgium601:191,61125,371
Switzerland561:146,65914,074
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Sweden541:182,34712,605
Singapore431:128,0865,748
New Zealand381:119,16614,967
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Belize251:14,2191,533
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Norway181:285,68329,080
Austria181:473,08046,251
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
China31:455,773,85521,925
Armenia31:976,72713,552
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Saávedra (1), Saavédra (1) & Saavedrá (1) are calculated separately.

Saavedra (215) may also be a first name.

Saavedra Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Surname found in Orense. Name of village near Mondonedo.

From Basque "sala verra" which means "casa" or "palacio" - house or palace.

Galician name from Lugo and by tradition traced to Emperor Caligula. Spread throughout the Peninsula.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

I am a Saavedra living in Albuquerque New Mexico, USA. I know that my family came here from Spain in the 1600s and has lived here ever since. We were a part of a land grant that the US government awarded to families that were here when New Mexico became a state.

- trblmkr505

Saavedra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saavedra (Arabic: سافيدرا, Russian: Сааведра) is borne by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Saávedra, Saavédra or Saavedrá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saavedra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,425th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 19,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Saavedra live; 65 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Andean South America. Saavedra is also the 616,131st most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 215 people.

The surname Saavedra is most prevalent in Peru, where it is borne by 70,511 people, or 1 in 451. In Peru it is mostly found in: Lima Province, where 22 percent reside, Piura Region, where 18 percent reside and Lambayeque Region, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Peru it occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 15 percent reside and Chile, where 14 percent reside.

Saavedra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Saavedra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Saavedra last name expanded 271,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Saavedra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Saavedra last name are 40.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.32% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Saavedra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 82.12% less than the national average, earning €5,370 per year; in Norway they earn 33.2% less than the national average, earning 231,196 kr per year; in Peru they earn 11.3% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,194 per year; in South Africa they earn 369.1% more than the national average, earning R 1,114,760 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $23,622,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.8% less than the national average, earning $39,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.36% less than the national average, earning $43,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Saavedra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saavedra in the Russian language
Сааведраsaavedra-
Saavedra in the Arabic language
سافيدراsafydra-

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