Most common surnames in Brazil
The top 30 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.
| Rank | Surname | Origin & meaning | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silva | Portuguese · “woods, forest” | 34,030,104 |
| 2 | Santos | Portuguese · “saints” | 21,367,475 |
| 3 | Oliveira | Portuguese · “olive tree” | 11,708,947 |
| 4 | Souza | — | 9,197,158 |
| 5 | Pereira | Portuguese · “pear tree” | 6,888,212 |
| 6 | Ferreira | — | 6,226,228 |
| 7 | Lima | — | 6,094,630 |
| 8 | Alves | Portuguese · “son of Álvaro” | 5,756,825 |
| 9 | Rodrigues | Portuguese · “son of Rodrigo” | 5,428,540 |
| 10 | Costa | Portuguese · “coast, slope” | 4,861,083 |
| 11 | Sousa | — | 4,797,390 |
| 12 | Gomes | Portuguese · “son of Gomes” | 4,046,634 |
| 13 | Nascimento | Portuguese · “birth (of Christ)” | 3,609,232 |
| 14 | Araújo | — | 3,460,940 |
| 15 | Ribeiro | — | 3,127,425 |
| 16 | Almeida | — | 3,069,183 |
| 17 | Jesus | Portuguese · “Jesus” | 2,859,490 |
| 18 | Barbosa | — | 2,738,119 |
| 19 | Soares | — | 2,615,284 |
| 20 | Carvalho | — | 2,599,978 |
| 21 | Martins | Portuguese · “son of Martim” | 2,576,764 |
| 22 | Lopes | Portuguese · “son of Lopo” | 2,337,914 |
| 23 | Vieira | — | 2,102,389 |
| 24 | Rocha | — | 2,044,495 |
| 25 | Dias | — | 2,035,387 |
| 26 | Gonçalves | Portuguese · “son of Gonçalo” | 2,028,298 |
| 27 | Fernandes | Portuguese · “son of Fernando” | 1,835,974 |
| 28 | Santana | — | 1,815,982 |
| 29 | Andrade | — | 1,707,452 |
| 30 | Batista | — | 1,703,130 |
Source: IBGE. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.
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