Vítor Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Vítor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vítor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1981:52,6172,944
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Vitor (18,641) are calculated separately.

Vítor (12,843) may also be a first name.

Vítor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vítor is found most in Portugal. It can also be rendered as a variant: Vitor. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vítor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,073,555th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Vítor is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Vítor live; 86 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 86 percent live in Iberian Europe. Vítor is also the 51,714th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 12,843 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 52,617. Outside of Portugal this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Chile, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vitor9318,641/
Vetor80604/
Vytor805/
Vittor731,945/
Vietor731,262/
Vettor73737/
Vitore73508/
Vitour73265/
Veator73113/
Vitort7382/
Vetore7373/
Viëtor7358/
Vestor7351/
Vistor7333/
Vytort7328/
Vetort7326/
Vidtor7314/
Vitoor736/
Vithor734/
Vaitor732/
Vyttor732/
Vytorh732/
Veitor731/
Vyotor731/
Vhitor731/
Voitor731/
Vihtor731/
Vydtor731/
Vettore672,514/
Vittore67918/
Vithore67115/
Vettoor6746/
Veshtor6719/
Vestorp6713/
Vejtorp6712/
Vestoir6711/
Veštort674/
Vistour673/
Vestore672/
Veatour671/
Vuitour671/
Vitoire671/

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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 Vítor
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