Sertao Surname
Approximately 571 people bear this surname
Sertao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 570 | 1:375,569 | 14,334 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Sertão (1) are calculated separately.
Sertao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sertao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sertao occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Sertão. For other potential spellings of Sertao click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sertao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 557,062nd most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,762,777 people. The last name Sertao occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sertao are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname Sertao is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 375,569. In Brazil Sertao is primarily found in: Bahia, where 33 percent reside, São Paulo, where 12 percent reside and Maranhão, where 9 percent reside. Beside Brazil Sertao is found in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sertao
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