Timoteu Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Timoteu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 161 | 1:1,329,654 | 45,311 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
The alternate forms: Timóteu (1) are calculated separately.
Timoteu (220) may also be a first name.
Timoteu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Timoteu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Timoteu is most common in Brazil. It can also appear as: Timóteu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Timoteu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,006,539th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Timoteu are found; 64 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Luso-South America. Timoteu is also the 608,246th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 220 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 1,329,654. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 31 percent are found, São Paulo, where 22 percent are found and Goiás, where 22 percent are found. Other than Brazil Timoteu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Timoteu
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