Teixeira Surname
Approximately 1,104,457 people bear this surname
Teixeira Surname Definition:
(Portugese) One who came from Teixeira (place of yew trees), the name of several places in Portugal.
Read More About This SurnameTeixeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 831,731 | 1:257 | 39 |
| Angola | 112,399 | 1:240 | 45 |
| Portugal | 79,807 | 1:131 | 21 |
| Mozambique | 33,989 | 1:802 | 182 |
| France | 14,383 | 1:4,618 | 362 |
| United States | 10,701 | 1:33,872 | 4,231 |
| Spain | 4,126 | 1:11,331 | 1,319 |
| Cape Verde | 2,723 | 1:195 | 50 |
| Venezuela | 2,316 | 1:13,041 | 1,108 |
| Canada | 2,063 | 1:17,860 | 2,535 |
| South Africa | 1,941 | 1:27,912 | 3,585 |
| England | 1,258 | 1:44,291 | 5,601 |
| Switzerland | 1,061 | 1:7,741 | 1,248 |
| Argentina | 592 | 1:72,202 | 6,142 |
| Luxembourg | 528 | 1:1,100 | 105 |
| Belgium | 520 | 1:22,109 | 3,450 |
| Germany | 502 | 1:160,369 | 19,068 |
| Uruguay | 474 | 1:7,240 | 802 |
| Australia | 341 | 1:79,166 | 9,228 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 297 | 1:597 | 111 |
| Peru | 220 | 1:144,473 | 7,813 |
| Netherlands | 208 | 1:81,188 | 13,613 |
| Andorra | 206 | 1:407 | 61 |
| Paraguay | 204 | 1:35,474 | 1,153 |
| India | 182 | 1:4,214,645 | 112,328 |
| Suriname | 173 | 1:3,194 | 558 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Thailand | 121 | 1:583,788 | 99,456 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Guyana | 104 | 1:7,329 | 1,200 |
| Namibia | 104 | 1:23,167 | 3,897 |
| Italy | 92 | 1:664,747 | 58,468 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Ecuador | 56 | 1:284,033 | 8,825 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 50 | 1:27,280 | 2,912 |
| Jersey | 49 | 1:2,025 | 325 |
| Senegal | 38 | 1:383,667 | 1,883 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36 | 1:48,001 | 70 |
| Ireland | 35 | 1:134,541 | 6,387 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| East Timor | 16 | 1:75,996 | 145 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Macau | 7 | 1:85,947 | 463 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Teixeira (7,233) may also be a first name.
Teixeira Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Portugese) One who came from Teixeira (place of yew trees), the name of several places in Portugal.
User-submitted Reference
Teixeira is a portuguese surname coming from "teixo", portuguese for yew tree (taxus baccata) a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
It is one of the 72 main Portuguese surnames to have its coat of arms displayed in the Sintra Hall at the Sintra Palace, being ranked #50 among them.
The Teixeira coat of arms is a golden empty potent cross in a blue portuguese shield with a white outgoing unicorn as the crest
- Leonardo TeixeiraTeixeira comes from a tree (plant), called Teixeiro surname derived from the plant.
- daniel2675(Portuguese) Teixeira is the tree plant of the Teixo, botanical name Taxus baccata.
- mauriciomathiasTeixeira Demographics
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Teixeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teixeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Teixeira occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Teixeira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 476th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,598 people. The last name Teixeira is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Teixeira are found; 76 percent are found in South America and 75 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 75,981st most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 7,233 people.
Teixeira is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 831,731 people, or 1 in 257. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 20 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 120 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 10 percent live and Portugal, where 7 percent live.
Teixeira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Teixeira has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,070,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Teixeira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Teixeira last name are 44.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.59% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Teixeira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 80.62% less than the national average, earning €5,820 per year; in Norway they earn 44.19% less than the national average, earning 193,136 kr per year; in Peru they earn 199.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 58,147 per year; in South Africa they earn 94.64% more than the national average, earning R 462,540 per year; in United States they earn 6% more than the national average, earning $45,738 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.91% more than the national average, earning $54,605 CAD per year.
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