Traça Surname

231,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Traça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Traça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola1,5781:17,1032,033
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Traca (280) & Tracà (3) are calculated separately.

Traça Last Name Facts

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

The last name Traça is found most in Angola. It may also be found as a variant: Traca or Tracà. For other potential spellings of Traça click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Traça? popularity and diffusion

The surname Traça is the 231,565th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,176,244 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Traça reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.

The surname Traça is most widely held in Angola, where it is borne by 1,578 people, or 1 in 17,103. Barring Angola it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Traca93280/
Tracà873/
Traza80169/
Trasa8029/
Traço803/
Traçi802/
Troça801/
Trazza73212/
Trasga73161/
Trasha73154/
Treasa73151/
Trasia73121/
Tracia73109/
Traşçi7383/
Trajçe7368/
Trasad7364/
Traica7346/
Trauca7319/
Trassa7316/
Trasja7312/
Tratsa7310/
Tracea736/
Thrasa735/
Tracha733/
Traisa732/
Trasah732/
Trasaj731/
Trausa731/
Tracau731/
Trasas731/
Trasai731/
Tracay730/
Traseas67924/
Trashaj67122/
Trachai67110/
Traisap6743/
Trasatt6740/
Traisat6718/
Treesaa6710/
Trassat679/
Threasa679/
Tratsas677/
Traisay676/
Traicea675/
Traceas674/
Traseau673/
Treassa673/
Trashad673/
Traisaj672/
Traisha672/
Treasha672/
Trashah672/
Trascha671/
Trasath671/
Trassas671/
Thrasea671/
Trachat671/
Tratsaj671/
Treasia670/
Trachah670/
Thrasha670/

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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 Traça
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