Viçoso Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Viçoso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viçoso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2741:38,0232,283
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Vicoso (515) & Viçôso (1) are calculated separately.

Viçoso Last Name Facts

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

Viçoso is found most in Portugal. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Vicoso or Viçôso. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Viçoso? popularity and diffusion

The last name Viçoso is the 897,852nd most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Viçoso occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Viçoso are found; 92 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 92 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Viçoso is most frequently occurring in Portugal, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 38,023. Apart from Portugal this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vicoso94515/
Viçôso941/
Vizoso832,120/
Visoso831,913/
Viçosa8328/
Viçozo831/
Vicioso777,192/
Visioso7729/
Vissoso7717/
Vichoso777/
Viciosos712/
Bizoso67547/
Bisoso67319/
Vicosa67239/
Visosa6791/
Visozo6779/
Vecoso6739/
Vizozo6727/
Visoza6725/
Wisoso6722/
Vizosa6717/
Visoça675/
Vizaso674/
Viçoza673/
Vezoso672/
Vicaso671/
Visaso671/
Vexoso670/

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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 Viçoso
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