Maranhão Genealogical Records

Maranhão Birth & Baptism Records

Brazil Baptism Index (1688-1935)

An index to over 3 million Catholic church records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Maranhão Marriage & Divorce Records

Brazil Marriage Index (1730-1955)

An index to over 470,000 Catholic marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Maranhão Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Brazil Catholic Death Index (1750-1890)

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 Maranhão

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Maranhão Immigration & Travel Records

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

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.

São Paulo, Brazil Immigration Cards (1902-1980)

An index to and images of millions of documents detailing foreigners with granted permanent residency in São Paulo.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Immigration Cards (1900-1965)

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.

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

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.

Maranhão Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

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.

Maranhão Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Maranhão Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Maranhão Occupation & Business Records

Slave Voyages Database (1514-1866)

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.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Maranhão

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Maranhão Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Maranhão Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Maranhão

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Brazil
1da Silva369,6981:192.94%1
2Silva311,3631:237.63%7
3Pereira289,6821:245.18%3
4dos Santos250,4041:283.37%2
5Alves185,0181:383.80%4
6Ferreira174,8161:413.61%5
7Rodrigues158,0391:453.77%6
8de Sousa157,8961:4512.11%25
9Sousa149,7411:4720.24%44
10Santos145,3391:495.01%11
11Costa143,5981:4910.29%24
12da Conceiçao117,5631:609.57%27
13Gomes110,9461:643.81%10
14Lima107,8031:667.13%21
15Oliveira98,9121:724.30%12
16Ribeiro83,6101:853.97%13
17Araujo76,9611:927.89%33
18de Jesus70,9611:1003.61%14
19de Oliveira64,6021:1101.63%8
20Lopes62,3451:1144.06%20
21Soares61,2201:1163.43%15
22Vieira59,8931:1183.82%18
23Martins59,0571:1203.40%16
24Mendes57,7271:1236.52%37
25Carvalho54,4011:1306.81%41
26Barbosa53,2281:1333.11%17
27do Nascimento45,5581:1564.13%29
28Nascimento43,2651:1645.08%38
29Cardoso40,0851:1774.35%35
30da Costa39,4531:1803.83%32
31Barros39,3501:18010.46%76
32Almeida39,1831:1815.15%43
33Rocha38,2161:1865.29%46
34Nunes37,3371:1903.52%31
35Pinheiro36,9211:1926.72%52
36Marques34,4641:2063.72%34
37Souza33,7091:2102.18%19
38Dias32,9491:2152.57%26
39Fernandes32,6711:2172.28%23
40Batista31,9471:2222.19%22
41de Souza29,6271:2390.82%9
42de Araujo28,3051:2504.13%48
43Viana28,0721:2537.82%81
44Bezerra27,3901:2594.48%50
45Teixeira27,2711:2603.28%39
46Reis26,1231:2717.20%80
47Moreira25,2891:2802.33%30
48Coelho23,9361:2966.41%77
49Moraes23,0051:3086.74%83
50Ramos22,4331:3162.71%40
51Nonato21,0891:33616.96%180
52Pinto20,6031:3444.14%58
53Borges20,5291:3453.26%49
54Brito20,4181:3476.18%85
55Diniz19,2801:36812.36%158
56Morais19,2351:3697.68%104
57Santana18,7951:3772.69%47
58Castro18,3951:3858.27%115
59da Cruz18,1691:3903.91%59
60dos Reis18,1281:3914.52%68
61Machado18,1001:3922.45%45
62Monteiro17,6311:4023.25%54
63Correa16,6281:4263.24%55
64Melo16,3151:4355.83%96
65de Lima16,2561:4361.35%28
66de Carvalho15,5841:4552.87%53
67de Almeida15,5461:4561.72%36
68Freitas15,1661:4673.90%73
69Carneiro15,0921:4705.35%93
70Serra14,9941:47336.21%384
71Campos14,9881:4734.24%82
72Cunha14,5791:4867.06%123
73Miranda14,2651:4973.43%65
74Amorim14,0881:5037.43%134
75Cruz14,0371:5055.46%101
76Fonseca13,9701:5076.06%113
77Abreu13,8891:51012.36%195
78Andrade13,7591:5152.73%57
79Rosa13,5651:5231.74%42
80Aguiar13,5231:5248.62%155
81Das Chagas13,2751:53411.38%192
82Matos13,2421:5356.26%121
83Pires13,2281:5363.27%66
84Leite13,2161:5363.12%63
85Mendonca12,6591:5607.71%150
86Moura12,3921:5723.93%88
87Correia12,3701:5733.19%74
88Feitosa12,3011:5769.32%174
89Chaves11,9751:5925.93%124
90Nogueira11,9621:5932.79%62
91Azevedo11,7481:6036.02%129
92Farias11,3981:6223.68%90
93Franca11,0711:6406.01%139
94Mota10,9651:6475.63%130
95Guimaraes10,4991:6753.35%89
96Marinho10,2301:6935.56%140
97Neves10,1601:6983.20%87
98Macedo9,9861:7104.32%111
99dos Anjos9,7401:7284.56%119
100Cantanhede9,5231:74475.88%855
101do Carmo9,2291:7682.32%70
102Cabral9,0821:7814.81%135
103Dutra9,0751:7816.12%163
104Frazao8,9521:79236.89%535
105Sales8,7611:8094.15%122
106Muniz8,5691:8275.71%162
107de Melo8,4471:8392.32%79
108Tavares8,0771:8781.91%64
109Furtado8,0431:8817.57%200
110Braga8,0371:8823.22%105
111Torres8,0261:8834.33%138
112da Luz7,9901:8875.72%168
113Maciel7,9851:8883.14%103
114Duarte7,9801:8882.03%71
115Cavalcante7,8911:8983.16%106
116Felix7,8841:8992.35%84
117Cutrim7,7631:91382.37%1,052
118Sampaio7,6511:9274.48%148
119Bastos7,3371:9664.97%164
120Rabelo7,2201:98210.19%268
121de Castro7,1091:9972.35%92
122da Rocha7,0751:1,0022.30%91
123Mesquita7,0581:1,0047.11%211
124Medeiros7,0571:1,0052.56%97
125Brandao6,9701:1,0175.75%185
126de Brito6,9411:1,0213.46%125
127Garcia6,9051:1,0271.72%67
128Trindade6,6291:1,0694.80%170
129Lisboa6,6191:1,0717.54%233
130Assuncao6,5591:1,08110.44%295
131de Assis6,4871:1,0932.36%98
132Pacheco6,4761:1,0954.04%153
133Xavier6,4541:1,0981.62%69
134Veras6,4271:1,10318.37%438
135Paiva6,3751:1,1124.78%173
136de Ribamar6,1921:1,14559.19%978
137de Fatima6,1351:1,1561.62%75
138Leal6,1121:1,1603.42%144
139Magalhaes6,0691:1,1683.09%128
140Cordeiro6,0551:1,1711.87%86
141Menezes5,9411:1,1932.73%116
142Chagas5,8961:1,2024.78%182
143de Andrade5,8691:1,2081.50%72
144Galvao5,7591:1,2316.41%228
145Saraiva5,7311:1,2376.17%221
146Bispo5,7151:1,2402.09%99
147de Freitas5,7071:1,2421.27%61
148da Cunha5,5771:1,2712.60%117
149Henrique5,5171:1,2850.91%51
150Evangelista5,4551:1,3002.82%131
151de Morais5,3701:1,3203.43%157
152do Socorro5,3691:1,3206.05%230
153Amaral5,2941:1,3392.89%141
154de Jesus Silva5,2061:1,36227.06%631
155Freire5,1641:1,3732.89%143
156Bandeira5,1441:1,3786.97%262
157Caldas5,1381:1,38011.58%373
158de Abreu5,0921:1,3923.86%175
159Aires5,0741:1,39710.24%339
160Barroso5,0131:1,4146.22%248
161Lira4,9101:1,4445.46%227
162Camara4,8731:1,45512.74%413
163Pereira da Silva4,8051:1,4755.98%250
164Maia4,7671:1,4872.51%133
165de Moura4,6321:1,5311.92%109
166Rego4,5601:1,55516.79%503
167Vale4,5471:1,55918.17%524
168Damasceno4,4771:1,5844.48%208
169Alencar4,4671:1,5876.34%270
170Queiroz4,4661:1,5872.27%127
171Campelo4,4311:1,60014.62%472
172de Jesus Pereira4,4151:1,60629.41%754
173Das Dores4,3621:1,6253.63%186
174Viegas4,3501:1,63017.81%533
175Veloso4,3421:1,6336.61%285
176Neres4,3031:1,6486.42%281
177Das Gracas4,2971:1,6502.61%149
178Penha4,2941:1,65115.52%493
179de Sa4,2861:1,6544.57%220
180de Moraes4,2671:1,6611.99%118
181Domingos4,2441:1,6701.82%110
182Guajajara4,2111:1,68494.91%1,892
183Sena4,2051:1,6864.06%203
184de Lourdes4,1521:1,7071.57%100
185do Espirito Santo4,1371:1,7145.27%253
186do Rosario4,1291:1,7175.38%257
187Meireles4,0331:1,7587.58%330
188Gonzaga4,0141:1,7662.93%171
189Lemos3,9421:1,7982.61%161
190Das Neves3,9061:1,8153.49%196
191Siqueira3,8441:1,8441.56%108
192Matias3,7861:1,8732.18%146
193Pessoa3,7851:1,8733.88%213
194Sodre3,7641:1,88312.55%477
195Vasconcelos3,7441:1,8942.61%166
196Coutinho3,6961:1,9182.97%179
197de Matos3,6841:1,9242.92%177
198Paixao3,5811:1,9805.28%280
199da Paz3,5711:1,9856.84%334
200de Jesus Costa3,5641:1,98944.41%1,172