Évora Surname

182,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Évora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Évora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cape Verde1,4891:35667
Portugal7831:13,3061,056
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Evora (8,535), Èvora (31) & Êvora (7) are calculated separately.

Évora Last Name Facts

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

Évora is found in Cape Verde more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Evora, Èvora or Êvora. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Évora? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 182,345th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,126,360 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Évora live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Luso-West Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Cape Verde, where it is borne by 1,489 people, or 1 in 356. In Cape Verde Évora is most common in: São Vicente, where 30 percent reside, Santo Antão, where 20 percent reside and Santiago, where 18 percent reside. Barring Cape Verde this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 34 percent reside and Angola, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Evora938,535/
Èvora9331/
Êvora937/
Ivora80634/
Yvora8039/
Ivorra732,635/
Yvorra73351/
Evoura73107/
Evorea7399/
Ivorea7317/
Ivoroa7315/
Jivora7312/
Evoras732/
Ivoray731/
Hevora731/
Yvoras731/
Evorah731/
Ivoiray6710/
Ivorrad671/
Evoraad670/
Evoratt670/

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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 Évora
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