Sombreiro Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Sombreiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sombreiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombreiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sombreiro is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sombreiro.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombreiro? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Sombreiro is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Sombreiro reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Angola, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,079,569. Beside Angola Sombreiro occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 29 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sombrero | 94 | 1,710 | / |
| Sombriro | 94 | 7 | / |
| Sombreira | 89 | 191 | / |
| Sonbreiro | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sombreyro | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sembrero | 82 | 606 | / |
| Sumbrero | 82 | 14 | / |
| Sambrero | 82 | 13 | / |
| Sembriro | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sombrera | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sumbriro | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sonbrero | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jombrero | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zombrero | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sombraro | 82 | 0 | / |
| Jambreiro | 78 | 23 | / |
| Cambreiro | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jambreiros | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sembrera | 71 | 1,559 | / |
| Cembrero | 71 | 143 | / |
| Sanbrero | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cambrero | 71 | 3 | / |
| Combrera | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sambraro | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sumbreras | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cambreira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sambraroi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cambrera | 59 | 6 | / |
| Cembrera | 59 | 5 | / |
| Zembrera | 59 | 2 | / |
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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 Sombreiro
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