Valegas Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Valegas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valegas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Valegas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Valegas is held by more people in Colombia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valegas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Valegas are found; 94 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The surname Valegas is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 3,981,173. In Colombia Valegas is mostly found in: Atlántico Department, where 58 percent are found, Antioquia Department, where 8 percent are found and Bolívar Department, where 8 percent are found. Besides Colombia Valegas is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 24 percent are found and Portugal, where 6 percent are found.

Valegas Last Name Statistics demography

Valegas earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 22.87% less than the national average, earning $17,510,500 COP per year.

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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 Valegas
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