Junior is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Junior
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Junior

How popular is Junior?

Junior is common in Brazil.

Junior is ranked 481 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Junior bearers increased by 8.056395 per cent in 2010 US census to 2146 since 2000, the surname slipped by 107 spots and ranked at 14038. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 54.43 55.64
White 33.04 32.38
Hispanic or Latino 7.69 6.34
Others 2.8 4.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.21 0.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.84 0.5
Junior is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Mozambique is ahead in terms of density. Around 1036422 people have been found who wears Junior as their family name. Junior is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
874 Grenada9
340 Turks and Caicos Islands9
1,179 South Korea7
537 Myanmar6
72 Guinea-Bissau6
812 Monaco5
32 Central African Republic5
582 Liberia5
1,334 Marshall Islands5
1,615 Sudan5
14,580 Iran5
671 Mali4
513 Sierra Leone4
329 The Gambia4
2,537 Afghanistan4
114,007 Czech Republic4
137 Vanuatu3
181 East Timor3
210 Chad3
4,138 Bahrain3
7,993 Jordan3
1,879 Honduras3
7,458 Bulgaria3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
1,141 Mongolia3
189 Samoa3
1,272 Cuba3
4,881 Oman3
325 Djibouti3
255 Micronesia2
405 British Virgin Islands2
4,944 Bosnia2
3,940 Ethiopia2
5,318 Iraq2
34,572 Israel2
2,152 Niger2
6,103 Cyprus2
787 Andorra2
1,151 Brunei2
19,093 Finland2
2,617 Cambodia2
2,085 Nepal2
706 Burundi2
50,549 Georgia1
408 Åland1
24,460 Armenia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
717 Bhutan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
692 Guinea1
8,268 Mauritius1
3,307 Malta1
2,935 Madagascar1
16,283 Lithuania1
4,942 Libya1
2,078 Lesotho1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,993 El Salvador1
19,533 Uruguay1
97 Tuvalu1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
3,243 Suriname1
24,421 Slovakia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
19,810 Croatia1
16,073 Latvia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
302 Dominica45
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis43
2,284 Senegal41
305 Antigua and Barbuda41
1,228 China39
6,982 Burkina Faso39
26,164 Sweden36
40,883 Zimbabwe27
2,974 Japan24
3,723 Guyana22
4,338 Costa Rica12
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
1,926 Trinidad and Tobago90
8,986 Norway85
441 The Bahamas84
8,515 New Zealand83
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
517 Barbados78
521 Iceland76
791 Belize75
3,722 Qatar68
Countries with hundreds of Junior:
28 Solomon Islands987
1,819 Benin937
1,335 Bolivia924
707 Paraguay907
1,984 Zambia903
8,308 Algeria803
2,105 Ecuador737
255 Gabon724
15,235 Italy694
7,716 Morocco671
9,299 Argentina582
55,273 India527
7,314 Saudi Arabia462
199 Fiji462
8,777 Canada460
15,386 Turkey419
3,073 Guatemala369
953 Namibia366
151 Cape Verde348
844 Puerto Rico340
17,922 Poland334
6,453 Belgium282
3,840 United Arab Emirates260
8,711 Romania251
11,872 Netherlands239
115 Saint Lucia236
1,368 Taiwan232
5,909 Austria210
9,896 Greece197
13,812 Australia197
2,099 Botswana188
623 Thailand180
6,960 Switzerland171
2,273 Singapore166
2,461 Kuwait157
3,257 Albania148
430 Macau134
7,748 Tunisia132
8,668 Hungary131
3,096 Ireland131
7,635 Chile126
4,044 Lebanon125
2,019 Hong Kong119
24,886 Spain110
5,492 Denmark108
5,272 Scotland105
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Junior:
346 Cameroon7,830
366 Ivory Coast6,867
66 Papua New Guinea6,227
1,736 Pakistan5,909
7,751 United States4,864
458 Rwanda3,789
2,488 Bangladesh3,781
437 Dominican Republic3,281
2,457 South Africa2,648
360 Togo2,514
1,254 Malaysia2,454
188 Congo2,296
509 Portugal2,235
3,957 Egypt1,839
3,840 Mexico1,780
4,735 France1,739
1,676 Malawi1,711
4,414 England1,678
9,586 Philippines1,547
2,384 Peru1,525
6,699 Germany1,412
10,064 Indonesia1,262
1,569 Vietnam1,192
2,416 Colombia1,153
371 Jamaica1,107
4,776 Tanzania1,070
2,202 Venezuela1,054
Countries with ten thousands of Junior:
10 Mozambique97,318
107 Democratic Republic of The Congo52,821
46 Angola44,618
20 Haiti36,502
746 Nigeria35,305
301 Uganda18,111
282 Ghana15,097
535 Kenya10,907
Countries with hundred thousands of Junior:
43 Brazil632,212
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Elliott Junior worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 29 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 25, 1849.

Junior Namesakes

  • Benjamin Abdala Júnior, Writer
  • Zainadine Júnior, Soccer defender
  • AJ Junior, Songwriter
  • Adalberto Melo de Oliveira Júnior, Soccer player
  • José Carlos Júnior, Soccer player
  • Ademar Aparecido Xavier Júnior, Soccer player
  • Ademar Tavares Júnior, Soccer defender
  • Ademar Miranda Júnior, Soccer player
  • Ademar da Silva Braga Júnior, Soccer player
  • Wilson Aparecido Xavier Júnior, Soccer player
  • José Junior portrayed crucial role of N in 2015 drama and horror movie Circuito Interno.
  • In 1975, Shahnawaz Junior characterized the role of N in 0 flick Shoukan Mele Di.

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