Soliveira Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Soliveira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soliveira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Soliveira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Soliveira is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Soliveira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Soliveira is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Soliveira occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Soliveira reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 5,785,793. In Brazil Soliveira is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 38 percent reside, Bahia, where 16 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Brazil Soliveira occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Portugal, where 3 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
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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 Soliveira
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