Vigário Surname

148,682nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Vigário Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vigário Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola2,5631:10,5301,295
Portugal3961:26,3091,716
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Vigario (5,576) are calculated separately.

Vigário Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vigário is held by more people in Angola than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Vigario. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vigário? popularity and diffusion

It is the 148,682nd most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,451,243 people. The last name Vigário is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Vigário live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Angola, where it is held by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,530. Aside from Angola Vigário is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vigario955,576/
Vigorio863/
Vigarios8013/
Vigari77180/
Vigori778/
Vigoria71192/
Vigarie7175/
Figario7133/
Vigorie7114/
Vigoriy7112/
Vigariy716/
Vigaria715/
Vighari712/
Vaigari711/
Vigoris711/
Vigarai711/
Bigario711/
Bigarios6715/
Vaingari673/
Vaighari671/
Vegarios671/
Vigorith671/
Vigharyi671/

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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 Vigário
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