Brazil Genealogical Records
Brazil Birth & Baptism Records
An index to over 3 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.
A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.
Brazil Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 470,000 Catholic marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
Brazil Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
An index to around 50,000 death records. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.
Newspapers Covering Brazil
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Brazil Immigration & Travel Records
A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.
An index to and images of millions of documents detailing foreigners with granted permanent residency in São Paulo.
Indexes and images of millions of immigration cards issued by Brazilian consulates around the world and presented at the port of entry by foreigners visiting or immigrating to Brazil.
Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.
Brazil Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Brazil Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Brazil Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Brazil Occupation & Business Records
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Brazil
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Brazil Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Brazil Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Historical Description
Brasile hath on the North, Guiana; on the South, Rio de la plate, and Chile; on the East, the Virginian Ocean; and on the West, the Mountains of Peru, called the Anadees. These Hills are high, craggy, and very barren; full of ravenous Beasts, and poysonous Serpents. Here also live a Mountain-People, being hairy all over, going altogether naked, and live without Houses, or Bedding.
The Air here is of a healthfull temper; the Earth fat, and alwayes flourishing; great store of Sugars, and wonderfull rich Mines, are the sinews of this Region. Hence cometh our red Wood, which we use in dyeing of Cloathes, called Brasile; the Trees of which are of that bigness, that whole Families live in the Arms of one; every Tree being as populous as many of our Villages: for which purpose the Cities here are neither many, fair, nor populous, The chief are S. Anna, Equitum Ascensio, Pernambucco, from whence comes that Brasile-Wood, which with us is call'd Fernanbuck-Wood, which they use in dyeing of red Cloathes. The People of this Countrey have two ill qualities, as being mindfull of injuries, and forgetfull of benefits; the Men cruel without measure, and the Women infinite laseivious.
With the enormous area of 3,208,870 square miles, Brazil is the most extensive of South American countries, having an immense territory, 2,600 miles from north to south, and 2,500 from east to west, and including in all 20 States. The population is over 26,000,000. Emigrants, principally from Portugal, Spain and Italy, number about 200,000 annually in normal times. Imports are largely made up of textile goods, machinery and consumables, whilst the leading exports are coffee, india rubber, cotton, cocoa, hides, tobacco, sugar, manganese and gold. The export of frozen moat has greatly increase 1 in the last year. Agriculture is being fostered by the Ministry of Agriculture, and Brazil is now exporting large quantities of wheat. The mineral wealth of the country is remarkable, but has been developed to a very small extent. The trade with England is considerable; the Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 were £21,893,997, and the Exports to us £12,025,378. Rio de Janeiro, the capital, has over 1,250,000 inhabitants; Sao Paulo, the second largest city, over 510,000.
Most Common Surnames in Brazil
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | da Silva | 12,585,868 | 1:17 | |
| 2 | dos Santos | 7,427,753 | 1:29 | |
| 3 | Pereira | 5,594,058 | 1:38 | |
| 4 | Alves | 4,872,987 | 1:44 | |
| 5 | Ferreira | 4,848,931 | 1:44 | |
| 6 | Rodrigues | 4,197,229 | 1:51 | |
| 7 | Silva | 4,080,029 | 1:52 | |
| 8 | de Oliveira | 3,972,807 | 1:54 | |
| 9 | de Souza | 3,598,845 | 1:59 | |
| 10 | Gomes | 2,911,536 | 1:74 | |
| 11 | Santos | 2,902,750 | 1:74 | |
| 12 | Oliveira | 2,302,086 | 1:93 | |
| 13 | Ribeiro | 2,108,131 | 1:102 | |
| 14 | de Jesus | 1,963,741 | 1:109 | |
| 15 | Soares | 1,786,065 | 1:120 | |
| 16 | Martins | 1,739,143 | 1:123 | |
| 17 | Barbosa | 1,711,235 | 1:125 | |
| 18 | Vieira | 1,566,819 | 1:137 | |
| 19 | Souza | 1,548,475 | 1:138 | |
| 20 | Lopes | 1,536,740 | 1:139 | |
| 21 | Lima | 1,511,714 | 1:142 | |
| 22 | Batista | 1,457,078 | 1:147 | |
| 23 | Fernandes | 1,431,583 | 1:150 | |
| 24 | Costa | 1,395,868 | 1:153 | |
| 25 | de Sousa | 1,303,835 | 1:164 | |
| 26 | Dias | 1,281,719 | 1:167 | |
| 27 | da Conceiçao | 1,228,358 | 1:174 | |
| 28 | de Lima | 1,208,390 | 1:177 | |
| 29 | do Nascimento | 1,102,256 | 1:194 | |
| 30 | Moreira | 1,086,513 | 1:197 | |
| 31 | Nunes | 1,061,865 | 1:202 | |
| 32 | da Costa | 1,031,067 | 1:208 | |
| 33 | Araujo | 975,453 | 1:219 | |
| 34 | Marques | 926,646 | 1:231 | |
| 35 | Cardoso | 921,343 | 1:232 | |
| 36 | de Almeida | 901,694 | 1:237 | |
| 37 | Mendes | 885,997 | 1:242 | |
| 38 | Nascimento | 852,367 | 1:251 | |
| 39 | Teixeira | 831,731 | 1:257 | |
| 40 | Ramos | 827,932 | 1:259 | |
| 41 | Carvalho | 799,060 | 1:268 | |
| 42 | Rosa | 781,223 | 1:274 | |
| 43 | Almeida | 760,825 | 1:281 | |
| 44 | Sousa | 739,713 | 1:289 | |
| 45 | Machado | 737,478 | 1:290 | |
| 46 | Rocha | 722,121 | 1:296 | |
| 47 | Santana | 698,062 | 1:307 | |
| 48 | de Araujo | 685,654 | 1:312 | |
| 49 | Borges | 629,476 | 1:340 | |
| 50 | Bezerra | 610,735 | 1:351 | |
| 51 | Henrique | 608,350 | 1:352 | |
| 52 | Pinheiro | 549,257 | 1:390 | |
| 53 | de Carvalho | 543,544 | 1:394 | |
| 54 | Monteiro | 541,957 | 1:395 | |
| 55 | Correa | 513,996 | 1:416 | |
| 56 | Aparecido | 507,978 | 1:421 | |
| 57 | Andrade | 503,830 | 1:425 | |
| 58 | Pinto | 497,956 | 1:430 | |
| 59 | da Cruz | 464,687 | 1:461 | |
| 60 | de Paula | 456,440 | 1:469 | |
| 61 | de Freitas | 451,062 | 1:475 | |
| 62 | Nogueira | 428,781 | 1:499 | |
| 63 | Leite | 423,833 | 1:505 | |
| 64 | Tavares | 423,326 | 1:506 | |
| 65 | Miranda | 415,415 | 1:515 | |
| 66 | Pires | 403,979 | 1:530 | |
| 67 | Garcia | 402,190 | 1:532 | |
| 68 | dos Reis | 400,939 | 1:534 | |
| 69 | Xavier | 398,565 | 1:537 | |
| 70 | do Carmo | 397,359 | 1:539 | |
| 71 | Duarte | 393,746 | 1:544 | |
| 72 | de Andrade | 392,362 | 1:546 | |
| 73 | Freitas | 388,605 | 1:551 | |
| 74 | Correia | 387,984 | 1:552 | |
| 75 | de Fatima | 379,332 | 1:564 | |
| 76 | Barros | 376,207 | 1:569 | |
| 77 | Coelho | 373,259 | 1:574 | |
| 78 | Gonçalves | 365,175 | 1:586 | |
| 79 | de Melo | 364,280 | 1:588 | |
| 80 | Reis | 363,032 | 1:590 | |
| 81 | Viana | 359,146 | 1:596 | |
| 82 | Campos | 353,285 | 1:606 | |
| 83 | Moraes | 341,425 | 1:627 | |
| 84 | Felix | 335,460 | 1:638 | |
| 85 | Brito | 330,188 | 1:648 | |
| 86 | Cordeiro | 323,683 | 1:661 | |
| 87 | Neves | 317,356 | 1:675 | |
| 88 | Moura | 315,693 | 1:678 | |
| 89 | Guimaraes | 312,941 | 1:684 | |
| 90 | Farias | 309,849 | 1:691 | |
| 91 | da Rocha | 307,922 | 1:695 | |
| 92 | de Castro | 302,272 | 1:708 | |
| 93 | Carneiro | 282,163 | 1:759 | |
| 94 | Silveira | 281,723 | 1:760 | |
| 95 | Candido | 280,772 | 1:762 | |
| 96 | Melo | 280,017 | 1:765 | |
| 97 | Medeiros | 275,632 | 1:777 | |
| 98 | de Assis | 275,255 | 1:778 | |
| 99 | Bispo | 273,260 | 1:783 | |
| 100 | de Lourdes | 263,695 | 1:812 | |
| 101 | Cruz | 257,252 | 1:832 | |
| 102 | Dantas | 255,067 | 1:839 | |
| 103 | Maciel | 254,685 | 1:841 | |
| 104 | Morais | 250,547 | 1:854 | |
| 105 | Braga | 249,734 | 1:857 | |
| 106 | Cavalcante | 249,530 | 1:858 | |
| 107 | Antunes | 246,306 | 1:869 | |
| 108 | Siqueira | 246,256 | 1:869 | |
| 109 | de Moura | 240,657 | 1:890 | |
| 110 | Domingos | 233,236 | 1:918 | |
| 111 | Macedo | 231,352 | 1:925 | |
| 112 | de Santana | 231,183 | 1:926 | |
| 113 | Fonseca | 230,440 | 1:929 | |
| 114 | Caetano | 223,141 | 1:959 | |
| 115 | Castro | 222,326 | 1:963 | |
| 116 | Menezes | 217,325 | 1:985 | |
| 117 | da Cunha | 214,741 | 1:997 | |
| 118 | de Moraes | 214,170 | 1:1,000 | |
| 119 | dos Anjos | 213,701 | 1:1,002 | |
| 120 | Inacio | 213,577 | 1:1,002 | |
| 121 | Matos | 211,519 | 1:1,012 | |
| 122 | Sales | 210,991 | 1:1,015 | |
| 123 | Cunha | 206,386 | 1:1,037 | |
| 124 | Chaves | 201,883 | 1:1,060 | |
| 125 | de Brito | 200,809 | 1:1,066 | |
| 126 | Barreto | 196,408 | 1:1,090 | |
| 127 | Queiroz | 196,382 | 1:1,090 | |
| 128 | Magalhaes | 196,330 | 1:1,090 | |
| 129 | Azevedo | 195,243 | 1:1,096 | |
| 130 | Mota | 194,724 | 1:1,099 | |
| 131 | Evangelista | 193,368 | 1:1,107 | |
| 132 | Bento | 192,202 | 1:1,114 | |
| 133 | Maia | 189,655 | 1:1,129 | |
| 134 | Amorim | 189,626 | 1:1,129 | |
| 135 | Cabral | 188,922 | 1:1,133 | |
| 136 | Bueno | 188,768 | 1:1,134 | |
| 137 | Mariano | 187,465 | 1:1,142 | |
| 138 | Torres | 185,312 | 1:1,155 | |
| 139 | Franca | 184,281 | 1:1,162 | |
| 140 | Marinho | 184,020 | 1:1,163 | |
| 141 | Amaral | 183,373 | 1:1,167 | |
| 142 | Guedes | 181,533 | 1:1,179 | |
| 143 | Freire | 178,678 | 1:1,198 | |
| 144 | Leal | 178,469 | 1:1,200 | |
| 145 | da Rosa | 176,058 | 1:1,216 | |
| 146 | Matias | 173,901 | 1:1,231 | |
| 147 | Paulino | 173,060 | 1:1,237 | |
| 148 | Sampaio | 170,597 | 1:1,255 | |
| 149 | Das Gracas | 164,723 | 1:1,300 | |
| 150 | Mendonca | 164,247 | 1:1,303 | |
| 151 | Camargo | 163,943 | 1:1,306 | |
| 152 | Franco | 161,050 | 1:1,329 | |
| 153 | Pacheco | 160,341 | 1:1,335 | |
| 154 | Sántos | 159,613 | 1:1,341 | |
| 155 | Aguiar | 156,923 | 1:1,364 | |
| 156 | de Barros | 156,623 | 1:1,367 | |
| 157 | de Morais | 156,515 | 1:1,368 | |
| 158 | Diniz | 155,960 | 1:1,373 | |
| 159 | Santiago | 154,628 | 1:1,384 | |
| 160 | Figueiredo | 152,847 | 1:1,401 | |
| 161 | Lemos | 151,185 | 1:1,416 | |
| 162 | Muniz | 150,030 | 1:1,427 | |
| 163 | Dutra | 148,356 | 1:1,443 | |
| 164 | Bastos | 147,738 | 1:1,449 | |
| 165 | da Silveira | 147,001 | 1:1,456 | |
| 166 | Vasconcelos | 143,345 | 1:1,493 | |
| 167 | de Azevedo | 140,958 | 1:1,519 | |
| 168 | da Luz | 139,608 | 1:1,533 | |
| 169 | Faria | 139,124 | 1:1,539 | |
| 170 | Trindade | 138,138 | 1:1,550 | |
| 171 | Gonzaga | 137,018 | 1:1,562 | |
| 172 | Domingues | 135,967 | 1:1,574 | |
| 173 | Paiva | 133,468 | 1:1,604 | |
| 174 | Feitosa | 131,941 | 1:1,623 | |
| 175 | de Abreu | 131,781 | 1:1,624 | |
| 176 | Teles | 128,588 | 1:1,665 | |
| 177 | de Matos | 126,128 | 1:1,697 | |
| 178 | Braz | 125,793 | 1:1,702 | |
| 179 | Coutinho | 124,628 | 1:1,718 | |
| 180 | Nonato | 124,314 | 1:1,722 | |
| 181 | Messias | 123,556 | 1:1,733 | |
| 182 | Chagas | 123,386 | 1:1,735 | |
| 183 | Simoes | 121,917 | 1:1,756 | |
| 184 | Fagundes | 121,460 | 1:1,763 | |
| 185 | Brandao | 121,178 | 1:1,767 | |
| 186 | Das Dores | 120,154 | 1:1,782 | |
| 187 | Teodoro | 119,826 | 1:1,787 | |
| 188 | Firmino | 119,644 | 1:1,789 | |
| 189 | Vaz | 118,617 | 1:1,805 | |
| 190 | de Campos | 117,711 | 1:1,819 | |
| 191 | Barboza | 116,810 | 1:1,833 | |
| 192 | Das Chagas | 116,677 | 1:1,835 | |
| 193 | Galdino | 116,157 | 1:1,843 | |
| 194 | Custodio | 112,865 | 1:1,897 | |
| 195 | Abreu | 112,380 | 1:1,905 | |
| 196 | Das Neves | 111,768 | 1:1,915 | |
| 197 | Peixoto | 110,352 | 1:1,940 | |
| 198 | Ferraz | 109,412 | 1:1,957 | |
| 199 | Rezende | 106,521 | 1:2,010 | |
| 200 | Furtado | 106,239 | 1:2,015 | |