Discover the Most Common Brazilian Surnames: A Fascinating Insight!

Ranking	Last Name	Incidence	Letters
1	Da silva	12585868	8
2	Dos santos	7427753	10
3	Pereira	4928966	7
4	Alves	4505663	5
5	Ferreira	4352397	8
6	De oliveira	3972807	11
7	Silva	3610645	5
8	Rodrigues	3607050	9
9	De souza	3598845	8
10	Gomes	2724263	5
11	Santos	2236106	6
12	Oliveira	2209354	8
13	Ribeiro	2060677	7
14	De jesus	1963741	8
15	Martins	1763698	7
16	Soares	1718326	6
17	Barbosa	1634181	7
18	Lopes	1541788	5
19	Vieira	1539341	6
20	Souza	1478442	5
21	Fernandes	1469067	9
22	Lima	1452436	4
23	Costa	1445922	5
24	Batista	1424126	7
25	De sousa	1303835	8
26	Dias	1258950	4
27	De lima	1208390	7
28	Do nascimento	1102256	13
29	Moreira	1089809	7
30	Nunes	1061865	5
31	Da costa	1031067	8
32	De almeida	901694	10
33	Mendes	892868	6
34	Carvalho	892668	8
35	Araujo	887931	6
36	Cardoso	887005	7
37	Teixeira	886346	8
38	Marques	881630	7
39	Almeida	803427	7
40	Ramos	787319	5
41	Machado	783814	7
42	Rocha	764988	5
43	Nascimento	727765	10
44	De araujo	685654	9
45	Bezerra	669429	7
46	Sousa	648332	5
47	Borges	643347	6
48	Santana	628975	7
49	Aparecido	616787	9
50	Pinto	579853	5
51	Pinheiro	576875	8
52	Monteiro	561044	8
53	Andrade	551661	7
54	De carvalho	543544	11
55	Leite	497031	5
56	Correa	490072	6
57	Nogueira	486880	8
58	Garcia	469785	6
59	Da cruz	464687	7
60	Henrique	463695	8
61	Tavares	460661	7
62	De paula	456440	8
63	De freitas	451062	10
64	Coelho	443651	6
65	Pires	441973	5
66	Correia	431888	7
67	Miranda	428958	7
68	Duarte	420032	6
69	Freitas	418942	7
70	Barros	417760	6
71	Dos reis	400939	8
72	Campos	400022	6
73	Do carmo	397359	8
74	De andrade	392362	10
75	De fatima	379332	9
76	Reis	376487	4
77	Moraes	370827	6
78	Gonçalves	365175	9
79	De melo	364280	7
80	Guimaraes	362442	9
81	Viana	359146	5
82	Silveira	341132	8
83	Moura	336161	5
84	Brito	335354	5
85	Neves	334892	5
86	Carneiro	334802	8
87	Melo	331965	4
88	Medeiros	331632	8
89	Cordeiro	323782	8
90	Farias	316793	6
91	Dantas	313673	6
92	Cavalcante	312924	10
93	Da rocha	307922	8
94	De castro	302272	9
95	Braga	279028	5
96	De assis	275255	8
97	Cruz	266656	4
98	De lourdes	263695	10
99	Siqueira	260180	8
100	Macedo	259873	6
101	Antunes	258944	7
102	Castro	255392	6
103	Maciel	253500	6
104	Cunha	251408	5
105	Morais	250164	6
106	Fonseca	250019	7
107	Menezes	247361	7
108	Maia	241341	4
109	De moura	240657	8
110	Barreto	234396	7
111	Chaves	233905	6
112	Magalhaes	232215	9
113	Azevedo	232126	7
114	De santana	231183	10
115	Matos	231114	5
116	Torres	224376	6
117	Queiroz	220420	7
118	Freire	218221	6
119	Domingos	216267	8
120	Da cunha	214741	8
121	Mota	214401	4
122	De moraes	214170	9
123	Sales	213898	5
124	Dos anjos	213701	9
125	Cabral	211197	6
126	Sampaio	208805	7
127	Amaral	208490	6
128	Leal	206882	4
129	Caetano	206202	7
130	Bueno	204142	5
131	Guedes	203474	6
132	Bispo	203155	5
133	Vasconcelos	201473	11
134	De brito	200809	8
135	Amorim	196426	6
136	Franco	194197	6
137	Marinho	191789	7
138	Aguiar	190229	6
139	Figueiredo	189352	10
140	Rosa	187874	4
141	Bastos	185162	6
142	Franca	184281	6
143	Inacio	180882	6
144	Evangelista	179212	11
145	Pacheco	177392	7
146	Da rosa	176058	7
147	Diniz	174443	5
148	Camargo	172408	7
149	Lemos	172275	5
150	Faria	171184	5
151	Bento	170532	5
152	Das gracas	164723	10
153	Mendonca	164247	8
154	Sántos	159613	6
155	Filho	159048	5
156	Neto	158216	4
157	Dutra	156685	5
158	De barros	156623	9
159	Paiva	156529	5
160	De morais	156515	9
161	Matias	150063	6
162	Muniz	150030	5
163	Simoes	149593	6
164	Domingues	149567	9
165	Santiago	148470	8
166	Gonzaga	147728	7
167	Da silveira	147001	11
168	Feitosa	141924	7
169	De azevedo	140958	10
170	Coutinho	140380	8
171	Da luz	139608	6
172	Ferraz	139117	6
173	Peixoto	135993	7
174	Chagas	134998	6
175	Albuquerque	134522	11
176	Vaz	131911	3
177	De abreu	131781	8
178	Brandao	131506	7
179	Trindade	130881	8
180	Rezende	130372	7
181	Nonato	129547	6
182	Assis	128819	5
183	Afonso	128299	6
184	Abreu	127264	5
185	Teles	126451	5
186	Pessoa	126306	6
187	De matos	126128	8
188	Cavalcanti	123523	10
189	Furtado	122816	7
190	Pimentel	121515	8
191	Das dores	120154	9
192	Lacerda	119516	7
193	Braz	119317	4
194	De campos	117711	9
195	Mesquita	117083	8
196	Messias	116717	7
197	Pontes	116687	6
198	Das chagas	116677	10
199	Fagundes	115477	8
200	Cezar	114482	5
201	Arruda	113281	6
202	Das neves	111768	9
203	Saraiva	111501	7
204	Xavier	110255	6
205	Sanches	106903	7
206	Prado	106634	5
207	De franca	104120	9
208	Sena	103500	4
209	De medeiros	101961	11
210	Peres	101756	5
211	Passos	100429	6
212	Alencar	99817	7
213	Da fonseca	99513	10
214	Rodriguês	99410	9
215	Lira	98988	4
216	Custodio	98862	8
217	Galvao	98625	6
218	Porto	98544	5
219	Damasceno	97594	9
220	Cerqueira	97323	9
221	Firmino	95982	7
222	Do amaral	95169	9
223	Roque	94001	5
224	Pedroso	93731	7
225	De sa	93727	5
226	Barroso	93388	7
227	Das	91478	3
228	Lisboa	91464	6
229	Bernardes	91299	9
230	Vargas	90931	6
231	Lins	89983	4
232	Rabelo	89441	6
233	De aguiar	89045	9
234	Do socorro	88729	10
235	Barboza	86878	7
236	Paes	86651	4
237	Bandeira	86624	8
238	De faria	85777	8
239	Resende	85622	7
240	Gama	85537	4
241	Baptista	85115	8
242	De queiroz	84341	10
243	De mello	84209	8
244	De paiva	83058	8
245	Mello	81191	5
246	Pereira da silva	80395	16
247	Ramalho	79822	7
248	Vilela	79495	6
249	Pimenta	79375	7
250	Vidal	79081	5
251	Rangel	78770	6
252	Do espirito santo	78523	17
253	Couto	78288	5
254	Amaro	78222	5
255	Francisco	78088	9
256	De farias	77920	9
257	Do rosario	76781	10
258	Veloso	76696	6
259	De miranda	75297	10
260	Lemes	74547	5
261	Flores	74543	6
262	Guerra	73157	6
263	Rossi	72866	5
264	Padilha	72808	7
265	Tomaz	72778	5
266	Moreno	71842	6
267	De amorim	71658	9
268	De cassia	71558	9
269	Esteves	71043	7
270	Brasil	70929	6
271	De macedo	70783	9
272	Henrique da silva	70433	17
273	Muller	69998	6
274	Botelho	69948	7
275	Tenorio	69129	7
276	Do prado	69011	8
277	Serafim	68129	7
278	Fontes	68080	6
279	Leao	67980	4
280	De menezes	66971	10
281	Goulart	66160	7
282	De camargo	65794	10
283	De arruda	65314	9
284	Ventura	65306	7
285	Ferrari	65103	7
286	De albuquerque	64733	14
287	Sobrinho	64667	8
288	Aquino	63488	6
289	Assuncao	62849	8
290	Nobre	62844	5
291	De aquino	62769	9
292	Simao	62642	5
293	Motta	62296	5
294	Bonfim	62182	6
295	Alcantara	60597	9
296	Novaes	60353	6
297	Da paixao	59328	9
298	De sena	58893	7
299	Gouveia	58757	7
300	De siqueira	58663	11
301	Toledo	58617	6
302	Holanda	58012	7
303	Clemente	57615	8
304	Paz	57259	3
305	De deus	57251	7
306	Ferreira da silva	57186	17
307	Meira	57033	5
308	Alves da silva	56684	14
309	Perreira	56613	8
310	Carlos	56439	6
311	Mattos	56331	6
312	Da penha	56129	8
313	Paixao	55850	6
314	Rios	55441	4
315	Meireles	55226	8
316	Portela	55152	7
317	Dourado	55104	7
318	Mateus	55095	6
319	Lourenço	54522	8
320	Felix	54388	5
321	Souto	54365	5
322	Aires	54314	5
323	Dos passos	54313	10
324	Junior	54308	6
325	Linhares	54307	8
326	Caldas	54216	6
327	Araújo	54080	6
328	Mariano	54042	7
329	Lucena	53919	6
330	Veiga	53591	5
331	Vicente	53463	7
332	Fraga	53452	5
333	Borba	53189	5
334	Caldeira	52980	8
335	Bittencourt	52781	11
336	Da paz	52212	6
337	Pedrosa	52200	7
338	Arantes	51757	7
339	Barcelos	51326	8
340	Dasilva	50829	7
341	Valerio	50580	7
342	De sales	50407	8
343	Goes	50168	4
344	Augusto	49855	7
345	Neres	49504	5
346	Sa	49440	2
347	Ribas	49000	5
348	Marcondes	48991	9
349	Jardim	48615	6
350	Aragao	48555	6
351	Avila	48438	5
352	Alvarenga	48410	9
353	Valentim	48309	8
354	Valente	48223	7
355	Gaspar	47744	6
356	Carmo	47624	5
357	Loureiro	47335	8
358	Camara	47272	6
359	De vasconcelos	46912	14
360	Vitorino	46850	8
361	Meneses	46683	7
362	Pinho	46531	5
363	Schneider	45994	9
364	Lobato	45910	6
365	Gonsalves	45761	9
366	Serra	45744	5
367	Perez	45515	5
368	Veras	45426	5
369	Candido	45089	7
370	Rodrigues da silva	44715	18
371	Claudino	44354	8
372	Neri	43579	4
373	Figueira	43579	8
374	Castilho	43560	8
375	Salles	42765	6
376	Saldanha	42617	8
377	Falcao	42384	6
378	Alexandre	42306	9
379	De alencar	42261	10
380	Henrique silva	42196	14
381	Da mota	42165	7
382	De mattos	41732	9
383	Pantoja	41575	7
384	Magno	41395	5
385	Da gloria	41204	9
386	Novais	41024	6
387	Basilio	40984	7
388	De paulo	40971	8
389	Cassiano	40817	8
390	De lira	40788	7
391	Vital	40787	5
392	Romao	40526	5
393	Martinez	40485	8
394	Becker	40481	6
395	Schmidt	40431	7
396	Cristina	40184	8
397	Rego	40148	4
398	Henrique dos santos	40050	19
399	De figueiredo	39834	13
400	Bomfim	39421	6
401	Lessa	39400	5
402	Cardozo	39384	7
403	Coimbra	39318	7
404	Junqueira	39273	9
405	Leme	39213	4
406	Henriques	39100	9
407	De alcantara	38926	12
408	Pereira dos santos	38893	18
409	Figueredo	38661	9
410	Bosco	38226	5
411	Godoy	38086	5
412	Mascarenhas	37913	11
413	Nicolau	37631	7
414	Sobral	37526	6
415	Arcanjo	37300	7
416	Jose	37282	4
417	Branco	37246	6
418	Marquês	37149	7
419	Vianna	36977	6
420	Paulino	36921	7
421	Bernardo	36881	8
422	De mendonca	36503	11
423	Jorge	36459	5
424	Belo	36340	4
425	Felicio	36275	7
426	Prestes	36248	7
427	Salgado	36191	7
428	Do vale	35977	7
429	Prates	35895	6
430	Campelo	35660	7
431	Felipe	35501	6
432	Lara	35116	4
433	Nobrega	34884	7
434	Marcal	34825	6
435	Ruiz	34678	4
436	Gomes da silva	34136	14
437	Noronha	34123	7
438	Aleixo	34097	6
439	Antonio	34051	7
440	Laurindo	34047	8
441	Maria	34001	5
442	Elias	33980	5
443	Sarmento	33944	8
444	Fidelis	33928	7
445	Miguel	33927	6
446	Bitencourt	33848	10
447	Divino	33729	6
448	Gil	33676	3
449	Alves dos santos	33640	16
450	Teodoro	33549	7
451	Tome	32997	4
452	Roberto	32850	7
453	Penha	32778	5
454	Luiz	32662	4
455	Conceição	32565	9
456	Madeira	32344	7
457	Lucas	32317	5
458	Estevam	32289	7
459	Pena	32234	4
460	Henrique pereira	32067	16
461	Munhoz	32038	6
462	Pedro	31889	5
463	Vale	31811	4
464	Ximenes	31714	7
465	Dal	31524	3
466	Floriano	31384	8
467	Marcelino	31356	9
468	Verissimo	31297	9
469	Godinho	31134	7
470	Rolim	31105	5
471	Weber	31102	5
472	Marcolino	30998	9
473	Jesus	30911	5
474	Cavalheiro	30803	10
475	Texeira	30603	7
476	Henrique santos	30537	15
477	Henrique ferreira	30335	17
478	Henrique alves	30298	14
479	Regis	30179	5
480	Apolinario	29995	10
481	Constantino	29892	11
482	Cesar	29855	5
483	Cassimiro	29590	9
484	Romero	29577	6
485	Telles	29485	6
486	Trajano	29270	7
487	Gabriel	29206	7
488	Fortes	29155	6
489	Brum	29093	4
490	Paula	28979	5
491	Klein	28962	5
492	Navarro	28935	7
493	Leitao	28885	6
494	Ambrosio	28843	8
495	Estevao	28821	7
496	Thomaz	28661	6
497	Beserra	28605	7
498	Delgado	28521	7
499	Romano	28450	6
500	Ortiz	28300	5
501	Gusmao	28210	6
502	Fereira	28151	7
503	Sartori	27777	7
504	Sodre	27771	5
505	Da mata	27695	7
506	Quaresma	27595	8
507	Viegas	27572	6
508	Furlan	27545	6
509	Cintra	27529	6
510	Mathias	27494	7
511	Marins	27370	6
512	Alonso	27262	6
513	Guerreiro	27248	9
514	Casagrande	27065	10
515	Henrique rodrigues	27003	18
516	Basso	26821	5
517	Donizetti	26776	9
518	Bessa	26709	5
519	Terra	26658	5
520	Fialho	26643	6
521	Henrique de oliveira	26471	20
522	De fatima da silva	26370	18
523	Belarmino	26251	9
524	Paulo	26239	5
525	Crispim	26141	7
526	Lazaro	26114	6
527	Francelino	26044	10
528	Alvares	25981	7
529	Sato	25975	4
530	De avila	25923	8
531	Medina	25888	6
532	Gois	25799	4
533	Trevisan	25683	8
534	Ricardo	25621	7
535	Camilo	25593	6
536	Alves de oliveira	25552	17
537	Mourao	25450	6
538	Seixas	25322	6
539	N	25186	1
540	Quintino	25060	8
541	Camelo	25011	6
542	Da hora	24969	7
543	Leandro	24952	7
544	De rezende	24949	10
545	Fontana	24886	7
546	De	24780	2
547	De assuncao	24610	11
548	Luna	24532	4
549	Gurgel	24419	6
550	Hoffmann	24353	8
551	Ayres	24353	5
552	Varela	24246	6
553	Theodoro	24216	8
554	Salvador	24156	8
555	Espindola	24100	9
556	Gimenes	24097	7
557	Henrique de souza	24081	17
558	Rodrigues dos santos	24037	20
559	Frota	23959	5
560	Zacarias	23957	8
561	Parente	23888	7
562	Cortez	23850	6
563	Fogaca	23830	6
564	Salomao	23763	7
565	De magalhaes	23729	12
566	Ataide	23638	6
567	Cezario	23555	7
568	Sabino	23473	6
569	Molina	23375	6
570	Godoi	23213	5
571	Bernardi	23145	8
572	De lara	23115	7
573	De mesquita	22883	11
574	De olíveira	22752	11
575	Henrique oliveira	22701	17
576	Mantovani	22548	9
577	Benevides	22546	9
578	Galdino	22535	7
579	Do couto	22523	8
580	Silvestre	22502	9
581	Colombo	22446	7
582	Cortes	22391	6
583	Palma	22368	5
584	Martini	22238	7
585	Aparecida	22218	9
586	Ribeiro da silva	22110	16
587	Palmeira	22104	8
588	Monte	22066	5
589	Viera	22002	5
590	Vasconcellos	21979	12
591	Nepomuceno	21827	10
592	Malta	21814	5
593	Targino	21775	7
594	Bianchi	21771	7
595	Pascoal	21745	7
596	Alexandrino	21736	11
597	Barcellos	21694	9
598	Sacramento	21598	10
599	Dos prazeres	21544	12
600	Frazao	21454	6
601	Claro	21251	5
602	Fontoura	21168	8
603	Alves de souza	21140	14
604	De toledo	21093	9
605	Montenegro	20882	10
606	Dalla	20855	5
607	Raimundo	20687	8
608	Sobreira	20624	8
609	Corrêa	20615	6
610	Gonzalez	20581	8
611	De godoy	20563	8
612	Hernandes	20494	9
613	Netto	20475	5
614	De nazare	20428	9
615	Barbieri	20422	8
616	Anjos	20402	5
617	Alves pereira	20393	13
618	Martinelli	20350	10
619	Faustino	20338	8
620	Onofre	20326	6
621	Guimarães	20296	9
622	Canuto	20279	6
623	Natal	20177	5
624	Raposo	20134	6
625	Torquato	20064	8
626	Quadros	20053	7
627	Valadares	20018	9
628	Sanchez	20011	7
629	Izidoro	20007	7
630	Jordao	19918	6
631	Boaventura	19912	10
632	Lago	19908	4
633	Marin	19873	5
634	Fernades	19839	8
635	De fatima silva	19753	15
636	De vargas	19751	9
637	Gouvea	19727	6
638	Procopio	19723	8
639	Caires	19719	6
640	Fragoso	19699	7
641	Gondim	19679	6
642	Da trindade	19679	11
643	De quadros	19676	10
644	Soares da silva	19660	15
645	Paim	19609	4
646	Meirelles	19502	9
647	Rech	19465	4
648	Batista da silva	19402	16
649	Gadelha	19341	7
650	Narciso	19267	7
651	De lemos	19251	8
652	De jesus silva	19236	14
653	Dorneles	19234	8
654	Pereira de souza	19165	16
655	Henrique gomes	19162	14
656	Parreira	19149	8
657	Mafra	19146	5
658	Darc	19144	4
659	Damaceno	19137	8
660	Naves	19082	5
661	De lurdes	18987	9
662	Bentes	18947	6
663	Da gama	18947	7
664	Lage	18879	4
665	De lucena	18860	9
666	Vitorio	18852	7
667	Da anunciacao	18832	13
668	Madureira	18822	9
669	Bahia	18792	5
670	Da silva santos	18745	15
671	De fatima pereira	18731	17
672	Silverio	18675	8
673	Schmitt	18643	7
674	Das merces	18625	10
675	Magela	18625	6
676	David	18595	5
677	Barbosa da silva	18564	16
678	Avelar	18538	6
679	Wagner	18534	6
680	Lino	18471	4
681	Uchoa	18461	5
682	Lopes da silva	18458	14
683	Tanaka	18402	6
684	Abrantes	18374	8
685	Gimenez	18311	7
686	Daniel	18282	6
687	Reboucas	18196	8
688	De lourdes da silva	18146	19
689	Ramires	18119	7
690	Dos santos silva	18089	16
691	Watanabe	18072	8
692	Rosa da silva	17991	13
693	Marcon	17975	6
694	Zanetti	17960	7
695	Affonso	17890	7
696	Santo	17884	5
697	Ferreira dos santos	17880	19
698	De pontes	17872	9
699	Fermino	17830	7
700	Tolentino	17793	9
701	Taveira	17755	7
702	Zago	17754	4
703	Milani	17742	6
704	Seabra	17740	6
705	Fonsêca	17705	7
706	De pinho	17697	8
707	Das virgens	17630	11
708	Moretti	17597	7
709	Castelo	17457	7
710	Prata	17453	5
711	De goes	17429	7
712	Vieira da silva	17354	15
713	De padua	17334	8
714	Osorio	17298	6
715	Eduardo	17261	7
716	Fernandez	17200	9
717	Gonzales	17193	8
718	Fischer	17188	7
719	Vasques	17128	7
720	Pedreira	17100	8
721	Morales	17091	7
722	Guilherme	17091	9
723	Fiuza	17045	5
724	De borba	17012	8
725	Venancio	16993	8
726	Deoliveira	16928	10
727	Loiola	16922	6
728	Tobias	16884	6
729	De resende	16880	10
730	Euzebio	16839	7
731	Da graca	16814	8
732	Duque	16803	5
733	Favero	16739	6
734	Urbano	16673	6
735	Conde	16672	5
736	Severino	16663	8
737	De lacerda	16620	10
738	Feitoza	16595	7
739	Russo	16566	5
740	Albano	16511	6
741	De holanda	16503	10
742	Mayer	16421	5
743	Berto	16408	5
744	Salviano	16337	8
745	Marcos	16318	6
746	Oliveira da silva	16303	17
747	Pavan	16297	5
748	Moro	16275	4
749	Longo	16264	5
750	Schmitz	16192	7
751	Luciano	16184	7
752	Rufino	16115	6
753	Da veiga	16108	8
754	Desouza	16087	7
755	Bras	16080	4
756	De fatima ferreira	16078	18
757	Nery	16053	4
758	Henrique souza	16053	14
759	Pessanha	16052	8
760	Da conceicao silva	16007	18
761	Zanella	16001	7
762	Lustosa	15954	7
763	De fatima alves	15856	15
764	Yamamoto	15792	8
765	Justino	15768	7
766	De jesus santos	15739	15
767	Macena	15675	6
768	Vilar	15629	5
769	Rebelo	15578	6
770	Nakamura	15570	8
771	Modesto	15543	7
772	Geraldo	15440	7
773	Martinho	15435	8
774	Manoel	15392	6
775	Ferreira de souza	15333	17
776	Anunciacao	15304	10
777	Jacinto	15264	7
778	Alvim	15259	5
779	Alvarez	15233	7
780	Cury	15231	4
781	Stein	15219	5
782	Rabello	15136	7
783	Rodrigues de oliveira	15136	21
784	Felisberto	15080	10
785	Alves ferreira	15076	14
786	Britto	15063	6
787	De jesus pereira	15014	16
788	Vilas	14980	5
789	Portugal	14968	8
790	Calixto	14933	7
791	De fatima dos santos	14922	20
792	Caitano	14916	7
793	Ortega	14908	6
794	Fontenele	14866	9
795	Serpa	14834	5
796	Colares	14751	7
797	Barreira	14672	8
798	Leopoldino	14670	10
799	Feliciano	14649	9
800	Garcez	14616	6
801	Rodrigues de souza	14614	18
802	Gomes dos santos	14611	16
803	Do rocio	14579	8
804	Chavier	14554	7
805	Piva	14549	4
806	Domiciano	14484	9
807	Galindo	14452	7
808	Aranha	14447	6
809	Suzuki	14422	6
810	Prudencio	14408	9
811	De gois	14382	7
812	Do socorro da silva	14305	19
813	Dionizio	14258	8
814	Kuhn	14240	4
815	Scherer	14236	7
816	Juliao	14211	6
817	De fatima rodrigues	14202	19
818	Elisa	14169	5
819	Sant anna	14142	9
820	Perin	14115	5
821	Henrique ribeiro	14055	16
822	Gallo	14033	5
823	Serrano	14015	7
824	Kruger	13999	6
825	Negreiros	13939	9
826	Negrao	13888	6
827	De godoi	13874	8
828	Valle	13871	5
829	Beraldo	13869	7
830	Estrela	13847	7
831	Serrao	13834	6
832	Lopez	13675	5
833	Pina	13672	4
834	Rafael	13624	6
835	Da motta	13585	8
836	Sardinha	13570	8
837	Romeiro	13555	7
838	Batalha	13552	7
839	Baia	13528	4
840	Thome	13499	5
841	Azeredo	13492	7
842	Savio	13433	5
843	Santos da silva	13423	15
844	Batista dos santos	13421	18
845	Takahashi	13397	9
846	Vilas boas	13313	10
847	Simas	13311	5
848	Honorato	13281	8
849	Palheta	13249	7
850	Rodriguez	13225	9
851	Damasio	13201	7
852	Avelino	13198	7
853	Henrique lima	13197	13
854	Martins da silva	13187	16
855	Celestino	13186	9
856	Do livramento	13092	13
857	De lourdes pereira	13046	18
858	Prudente	13036	8
859	Amancio	13033	7
860	Saito	13029	5
861	Germano	13024	7
862	Ribeiro dos santos	13022	18
863	Quirino	13012	7
864	Villela	13006	7
865	Dimas	13002	5
866	Lucio	12993	5
867	Anderson	12991	8
868	Abadia	12980	6
869	Dornelas	12957	8
870	Dossantos	12855	9
871	De ramos	12850	8
872	Regina	12849	6
873	Vilhena	12849	7
874	Valeriano	12826	9
875	Zimmermann	12810	10
876	De meneses	12779	10
877	Benedito	12762	8
878	Petry	12762	5
879	Laureano	12761	8
880	Gomes de oliveira	12751	17
881	Mori	12748	4
882	Vitor	12747	5
883	Do rego	12733	7
884	Baltazar	12730	8
885	Januario	12730	8
886	Benites	12722	7
887	Henrique soares	12719	15
888	Bernardino	12716	10
889	Gregorio	12694	8
890	Alberto	12631	7
891	Escobar	12622	7
892	Pestana	12619	7
893	Fernando	12613	8
894	De lourdes silva	12600	16
895	Forte	12572	5
896	Marques da silva	12562	16
897	Cantanhede	12550	10
898	Marchi	12525	6
899	Proenca	12489	7
900	Balbino	12467	7
901	Fortunato	12460	9
902	Dornelles	12453	9
903	Henrique gonçalves	12429	18
904	Ruas	12388	4
905	Caixeta	12381	7
906	Da guia	12380	7
907	Silva dos santos	12377	16
908	Querino	12365	7
909	Bianchini	12311	9
910	Amador	12311	6
911	Balduino	12299	8
912	Abrao	12294	5
913	Delfino	12283	7
914	Ricci	12276	5
915	Ito	12238	3
916	Henrique martins	12193	16
917	Carreiro	12187	8
918	Garrido	12174	7
919	Portes	12148	6
920	Aprigio	12136	7
921	Calado	12121	6
922	De fatima oliveira	12103	18
923	Piedade	12068	7
924	Joaquim	12053	7
925	Bacelar	12050	7
926	Filgueira	12046	9
927	Zanini	12044	6
928	Andre	12041	5
929	França	12002	6
930	Amarante	12000	8
931	Sant	11988	4
932	Zanatta	11986	7
933	Florencio	11976	9
934	Dall	11964	4
935	Gontijo	11963	7
936	Queiros	11920	7
937	Conte	11884	5
938	Das gracas silva	11864	16
939	Firmo	11846	5
940	Limeira	11833	7
941	Izidio	11801	6
942	Moreira da silva	11794	16
943	Rigo	11762	4
944	De maria	11762	8
945	Conti	11727	5
946	Valenca	11722	7
947	De jesus da silva	11697	17
948	Severo	11685	6
949	Blanco	11681	6
950	Girardi	11658	7
951	Prazeres	11644	8
952	Froes	11630	5
953	Vitoriano	11615	9
954	Vicentini	11607	9
955	De jesus ferreira	11603	17
956	Roseno	11582	6
957	Venceslau	11563	9
958	Paschoal	11560	8
959	Vera	11558	4
960	Portella	11499	8
961	Fideles	11495	7
962	Silva santos	11489	12
963	Cassemiro	11483	9
964	Albino	11461	6
965	Henrique costa	11459	14
966	Crisostomo	11409	10
967	Santanna	11407	8
968	Bressan	11404	7
969	Honorio	11379	7
970	Nunes da silva	11375	14
971	Henrique barbosa	11374	16
972	Oliva	11365	5
973	Calazans	11355	8
974	Filgueiras	11341	10
975	Palhares	11341	8
976	Nolasco	11325	7
977	Arrais	11314	6
978	Bello	11304	5
979	De alvarenga	11212	12
980	Pereira de oliveira	11175	19
981	Ferreira lima	11167	13
982	Favaro	11157	6
983	Senna	11149	5
984	Rizzo	11141	5
985	Do socorro silva	11133	16
986	Horta	11110	5
987	Miller	11096	6
988	Drumond	11090	7
989	Militao	11090	7
990	Aguilar	11081	7
991	Travassos	11074	9
992	Morgado	11074	7
993	Louzada	11067	7
994	Bruno	11058	5
995	Duraes	11055	6
996	Taborda	11042	7
997	Agostinho	10963	9
998	De lourdes ferreira	10946	19
999	Da silva oliveira	10922	17
1000	Junio	10878	5

Understanding Brazilian Surnames

When it comes to Brazilian surnames, there is a rich history and diversity to explore. Brazil is the largest country in South America, and its population is an eclectic mix of different ethnicities and backgrounds. This melting pot of cultures is reflected in the surnames that are most commonly found throughout the country.

What Determines a Brazilian Surname?

Unlike many countries that follow a patriarchal naming convention, Brazil tends to follow a more egalitarian approach. This means that both the mother's and father's surnames are used, often separated by the conjunction e meaning and. For example, if a child's father's surname is Silva and their mother's surname is Santos, the child's surname may be Silva e Santos.

It's worth noting that this isn't always the case, as some families may choose to use just one surname or hyphenate both of them. Additionally, some Brazilian surnames have roots in other languages, such as Italian, Spanish, German, and Portuguese, leading to a diverse range of spellings and pronunciations.

Common Brazilian Surnames

While there are many surnames that are unique to Brazil, there are also several that are more commonly found throughout the country. The most common of these surnames include Silva, Santos, Souza, Oliveira, Costa, Pereira, Rodrigues, Alves, Lima, and Fernandes.

The origins of these surnames are often a reflection of Brazil's history, which includes indigenous peoples, European colonization, African slavery, and immigration from all over the world. For example, Silva is a common Spanish and Portuguese surname that translates to forest, Santos is a Portuguese surname meaning saint, and Fernandes is a derivative of Ferdinand, a Germanic name.

Brazilian Surnames and Culture

While surnames are just a small part of a person's identity, they can offer insight into Brazil's complex history and diverse heritage. In many ways, Brazil's surnames are a reflection of the country's multiculturalism, highlighting the blending of different traditions and cultures.

For this reason, Brazilian surnames are integral to the country's culture and people's sense of identity. They serve as a reminder of the country's history and provide a connection to its diverse past.

While Brazil's surnames may seem complex and overwhelming to a foreign observer, they are an important part of the country's identity and culture. Understanding their roots and meanings can provide insight into Brazil's rich history and diverse heritage.