Águas Surname

517,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Águas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Águas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal5851:17,8091,285
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Aguas (28,474) & Àguas (1) are calculated separately.

Águas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Águas is borne by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Aguas or Àguas. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Águas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 517,348th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Águas are found; 93 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Águas is most numerous in Portugal, where it is held by 585 people, or 1 in 17,809. Barring Portugal this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Angola, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aguas9328,474/
Àguas931/
Oguas8015/
Aguais73210/
Ouguas739/
Aguays731/
Haguas731/
Ogueas731/
Gaguas731/
Acguas731/
Euguas731/
Aguash731/
Agkuash67631/
Anguash67419/
Gaguhas6767/
Haguais678/
Aghuash672/
Angcuas671/
Hoguais671/
Houguas671/

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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 Águas
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