Most common surnames in Portugal

The top 100 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Portugal
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Silva	Portuguese · “woods, forest”	283,326
2	Santos	Portuguese · “saints”	222,145
3	Ferreira	—	191,083
4	Pereira	Portuguese · “pear tree”	173,391
5	Costa	Portuguese · “coast, slope”	154,689
6	Oliveira	Portuguese · “olive tree”	145,961
7	Martins	Portuguese · “son of Martim”	138,290
8	Rodrigues	Portuguese · “son of Rodrigo”	138,045
9	Sousa	—	130,534
10	Fernandes	Portuguese · “son of Fernando”	119,777
11	Lopes	Portuguese · “son of Lopo”	111,030
12	Gonçalves	Portuguese · “son of Gonçalo”	107,963
13	Marques	—	107,945
14	Gomes	Portuguese · “son of Gomes”	105,812
14	Ribeiro	—	105,812
16	Carvalho	—	104,425
17	Almeida	—	102,349
18	Pinto	—	101,868
19	Alves	Portuguese · “son of Álvaro”	93,800
20	Dias	—	85,506
21	Teixeira	—	79,807
22	Correia	—	78,533
23	Mendes	—	72,344
24	Soares	—	66,880
25	Vieira	—	65,390
26	Monteiro	—	65,333
27	Moreira	—	64,267
28	Cardoso	—	64,021
29	Duarte	—	63,125
30	Nunes	—	62,304
31	Rocha	—	55,680
32	Coelho	—	53,859
33	Neves	—	52,321
33	Reis	—	52,321
35	Pires	—	50,141
36	Cunha	—	49,170
37	Machado	—	47,056
37	Matos	—	47,056
39	Fonseca	—	46,037
40	Ramos	Spanish/Portuguese · “branches”	45,235
41	Tavares	—	44,537
42	Freitas	—	43,989
43	Simões	—	43,102
44	Cruz	Spanish · “cross”	42,970
45	Antunes	—	41,045
46	Figueiredo	—	40,111
47	Barbosa	—	38,630
48	Castro	—	37,526
49	Araújo	—	37,196
49	Azevedo	—	37,196
51	Lima	—	36,818
52	Lourenço	—	34,195
53	Faria	—	32,327
54	Morais	—	31,987
55	Andrade	—	31,411
56	Henriques	—	31,261
57	Mota	—	31,242
58	Pinheiro	—	30,600
59	Afonso	—	30,506
60	Barros	—	29,524
61	Miranda	—	28,307
62	Baptista	—	28,251
63	Melo	—	27,703
64	Guerreiro	—	27,694
65	Nogueira	—	27,401
66	Abreu	—	27,279
67	Borges	—	26,722
68	Brito	—	26,156
69	Campos	—	26,052
70	Vaz	—	26,024
71	Rosa	—	25,910
72	Maia	—	25,807
73	Esteves	—	25,354
74	Batista	—	25,080
75	Moura	—	24,854
76	Amaral	—	24,448
77	Gaspar	—	23,174
78	Leite	—	23,061
79	Jorge	—	22,740
80	Neto	—	22,599
81	Gouveia	—	22,042
82	Jesus	Portuguese · “Jesus”	21,985
83	Branco	—	21,976
84	Valente	—	21,900
85	Pedro	—	21,787
86	Pinho	—	21,466
87	Loureiro	—	20,485
88	Filipe	—	19,853
89	Cabral	—	19,607
90	Luís	—	19,570
91	Miguel	—	19,041
92	Rebelo	—	18,853
93	Macedo	—	18,834
94	García	Spanish	18,626
95	Couto	—	18,286
96	Amorim	—	18,126
97	Nascimento	Portuguese · “birth (of Christ)”	18,117
98	Leal	—	18,098
99	Guimarães	—	17,984
100	Vicente	—	17,881

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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