Santiago Genealogical Records
Santiago Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Santiago
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 and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Santiago 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.
Santiago Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Santiago 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.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Santiago
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.
Santiago 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.
Santiago Maps
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 Santiago
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Cape Verde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lopes | 19,103 | 1:15 | 65.86% | 1 |
| 2 | Mendes | 18,097 | 1:16 | 89.01% | 3 |
| 3 | Tavares | 16,113 | 1:18 | 89.83% | 4 |
| 4 | Gomes | 13,573 | 1:22 | 58.12% | 2 |
| 5 | Semedo | 9,123 | 1:32 | 95.67% | 9 |
| 6 | Pereira | 8,524 | 1:35 | 89.25% | 8 |
| 7 | Monteiro | 8,291 | 1:36 | 52.67% | 5 |
| 8 | Varela | 6,962 | 1:42 | 93.29% | 17 |
| 9 | Correia | 6,435 | 1:46 | 81.47% | 15 |
| 10 | Fernandes | 5,875 | 1:50 | 63.82% | 10 |
| 11 | Moreira | 5,539 | 1:53 | 94.23% | 23 |
| 12 | Borges | 5,271 | 1:56 | 93.84% | 26 |
| 13 | Sanches | 5,091 | 1:58 | 95.05% | 27 |
| 14 | dos Santos | 4,756 | 1:62 | 33.18% | 6 |
| 15 | Gonçalves | 4,426 | 1:67 | 64.59% | 20 |
| 16 | Vaz | 4,203 | 1:70 | 92.13% | 33 |
| 17 | Silva | 4,042 | 1:73 | 36.07% | 7 |
| 18 | da Veiga | 3,987 | 1:74 | 90.08% | 34 |
| 19 | Vieira | 3,901 | 1:76 | 73.85% | 28 |
| 20 | de Pina | 3,599 | 1:82 | 55.76% | 21 |
| 21 | Furtado | 3,547 | 1:83 | 95.02% | 41 |
| 22 | Cabral | 3,183 | 1:93 | 83.70% | 39 |
| 23 | Rodrigues | 3,077 | 1:96 | 35.03% | 12 |
| 24 | Ramos | 2,921 | 1:101 | 32.83% | 11 |
| 25 | Cardoso | 2,908 | 1:102 | 74.56% | 37 |
| 26 | Soares | 2,838 | 1:104 | 45.41% | 22 |
| 27 | Moreno | 2,621 | 1:113 | 93.08% | 48 |
| 28 | da Silva | 2,567 | 1:115 | 76.79% | 44 |
| 29 | Martins | 2,535 | 1:117 | 70.57% | 43 |
| 30 | Andrade | 2,492 | 1:119 | 32.88% | 16 |
| 31 | Dias | 2,416 | 1:122 | 41.38% | 24 |
| 32 | Rocha | 2,238 | 1:132 | 38.33% | 24 |
| 33 | dos Reis | 1,791 | 1:165 | 41.32% | 36 |
| 34 | Alves | 1,787 | 1:165 | 38.32% | 32 |
| 35 | Ferreira | 1,762 | 1:168 | 66.74% | 52 |
| 36 | Barbosa | 1,735 | 1:170 | 58.42% | 46 |
| 37 | Almeida | 1,591 | 1:186 | 35.95% | 34 |
| 38 | Teixeira | 1,518 | 1:195 | 55.75% | 50 |
| 39 | Freire | 1,513 | 1:195 | 88.95% | 63 |
| 40 | Ribeiro | 1,494 | 1:198 | 61.68% | 54 |
| 41 | da Costa | 1,452 | 1:203 | 83.69% | 61 |
| 41 | de Brito | 1,452 | 1:203 | 64.53% | 55 |
| 43 | Fortes | 1,368 | 1:216 | 16.97% | 14 |
| 44 | Pires | 1,320 | 1:224 | 27.86% | 31 |
| 45 | Garcia | 1,279 | 1:231 | 84.42% | 65 |
| 46 | Duarte | 1,249 | 1:237 | 32.63% | 38 |
| 47 | de Barros | 1,139 | 1:259 | 63.38% | 59 |
| 48 | Carvalho | 1,120 | 1:264 | 73.44% | 64 |
| 49 | Barros | 1,096 | 1:270 | 54.15% | 57 |
| 50 | Santos | 1,011 | 1:292 | 19.24% | 29 |
| 51 | Lima | 989 | 1:299 | 13.28% | 18 |
| 52 | Delgado | 965 | 1:306 | 11.60% | 13 |
| 53 | Landim | 962 | 1:307 | 96.10% | 75 |
| 54 | Pina | 897 | 1:329 | 51.35% | 60 |
| 55 | da Cruz | 888 | 1:333 | 12.20% | 19 |
| 56 | Brito | 885 | 1:334 | 24.43% | 42 |
| 57 | Nunes | 879 | 1:336 | 68.56% | 71 |
| 58 | Moniz | 818 | 1:361 | 94.35% | 77 |
| 59 | de Carvalho | 782 | 1:378 | 89.27% | 76 |
| 60 | Mendonça | 722 | 1:409 | 90.70% | 79 |
| 61 | de Oliveira | 712 | 1:415 | 68.07% | 74 |
| 62 | da Moura | 710 | 1:416 | 97.53% | 81 |
| 63 | Pinto | 690 | 1:428 | 48.18% | 69 |
| 64 | Miranda | 669 | 1:442 | 44.75% | 66 |
| 65 | Barreto | 656 | 1:450 | 94.25% | 83 |
| 66 | Oliveira | 654 | 1:452 | 24.78% | 53 |
| 67 | Horta | 637 | 1:464 | 95.36% | 85 |
| 68 | da Luz | 619 | 1:477 | 12.68% | 30 |
| 69 | Leal | 603 | 1:490 | 96.79% | 88 |
| 70 | Sousa | 539 | 1:548 | 18.85% | 47 |
| 71 | Baessa | 519 | 1:569 | 91.37% | 91 |
| 72 | Fonseca | 492 | 1:601 | 17.79% | 49 |
| 73 | de Andrade | 485 | 1:609 | 28.33% | 62 |
| 74 | Robalo | 482 | 1:613 | 98.17% | 97 |
| 75 | da Graça | 459 | 1:644 | 21.99% | 56 |
| 76 | de Sousa | 438 | 1:675 | 82.80% | 94 |
| 77 | Neves | 437 | 1:676 | 11.63% | 40 |
| 78 | Costa | 432 | 1:684 | 30.15% | 68 |
| 79 | Afonso | 421 | 1:702 | 82.55% | 95 |
| 80 | Veiga | 400 | 1:739 | 63.09% | 87 |
| 81 | da Conceição | 396 | 1:746 | 34.86% | 73 |
| 82 | de Almeida | 386 | 1:765 | 89.98% | 99 |
| 83 | Baptista | 384 | 1:769 | 19.81% | 58 |
| 84 | do Rosário | 373 | 1:792 | 11.20% | 45 |
| 85 | Marques | 371 | 1:796 | 78.77% | 98 |
| 86 | Nascimento | 366 | 1:807 | 13.58% | 51 |
| 87 | da Rosa | 360 | 1:821 | 55.30% | 86 |
| 88 | de Melo | 277 | 1:1,067 | 75.68% | 105 |
| 89 | Centeio | 273 | 1:1,082 | 40.38% | 84 |
| 90 | da Conceição Lopes | 271 | 1:1,090 | 89.14% | 109 |
| 91 | Évora | 268 | 1:1,103 | 18.00% | 67 |
| 92 | Mascarenhas | 266 | 1:1,111 | 88.37% | 110 |
| 93 | Lopes Tavares | 244 | 1:1,211 | 96.83% | 116 |
| 94 | Coelho | 213 | 1:1,387 | 59.17% | 106 |
| 95 | Lobo | 211 | 1:1,400 | 49.18% | 99 |
| 96 | Mendes Tavares | 209 | 1:1,414 | 96.31% | 125 |
| 97 | Araújo | 206 | 1:1,434 | 37.73% | 93 |
| 98 | Sequeira | 199 | 1:1,485 | 34.13% | 89 |
| 99 | Almada | 178 | 1:1,660 | 95.70% | 135 |
| 100 | Medina | 176 | 1:1,679 | 13.85% | 72 |
| 101 | da Lomba | 168 | 1:1,759 | 56.76% | 111 |
| 102 | Sábado | 166 | 1:1,780 | 99.40% | 143 |
| 103 | da Conceição Tavares | 162 | 1:1,824 | 97.01% | 143 |
| 103 | Morais | 162 | 1:1,824 | 12.39% | 70 |
| 105 | Gomes Lopes | 154 | 1:1,919 | 70.97% | 125 |
| 106 | Livramento | 152 | 1:1,944 | 20.35% | 80 |
| 107 | da Conceição Mendes | 146 | 1:2,024 | 100.00% | 158 |
| 108 | Conceio | 141 | 1:2,096 | 16.38% | 78 |
| 109 | da Conceição Gomes | 139 | 1:2,126 | 88.54% | 149 |
| 109 | Mendes Lopes | 139 | 1:2,126 | 83.73% | 145 |
| 109 | Tavares Lopes | 139 | 1:2,126 | 92.67% | 155 |
| 112 | Barradas | 137 | 1:2,157 | 98.56% | 166 |
| 113 | dos Reis Borges | 136 | 1:2,173 | 98.55% | 167 |
| 113 | Gomes Tavares | 136 | 1:2,173 | 98.55% | 167 |
| 115 | Gomes de Pina | 135 | 1:2,189 | 57.20% | 121 |
| 116 | Lopes Correia | 127 | 1:2,327 | 82.47% | 152 |
| 117 | Tavares Mendes | 126 | 1:2,345 | 96.18% | 173 |
| 118 | Bento | 124 | 1:2,383 | 53.68% | 123 |
| 119 | Quebra | 121 | 1:2,442 | 99.18% | 180 |
| 120 | Batalha | 119 | 1:2,483 | 92.25% | 175 |
| 120 | da Conceição Semedo | 119 | 1:2,483 | 99.17% | 184 |
| 122 | da Luz Mendes | 116 | 1:2,547 | 89.23% | 174 |
| 122 | Torres | 116 | 1:2,547 | 95.08% | 180 |
| 124 | Mendes Furtado | 115 | 1:2,569 | 99.14% | 186 |
| 125 | Ortet | 114 | 1:2,592 | 92.68% | 179 |
| 126 | Cruz | 112 | 1:2,638 | 19.89% | 92 |
| 127 | Sena | 109 | 1:2,711 | 74.66% | 158 |
| 128 | Alfama | 107 | 1:2,761 | 88.43% | 182 |
| 129 | Afonseca | 103 | 1:2,869 | 89.57% | 189 |
| 129 | de Deus | 103 | 1:2,869 | 47.47% | 125 |
| 129 | Gomes Mendes | 103 | 1:2,869 | 96.26% | 199 |
| 132 | Fernandes Lopes | 101 | 1:2,925 | 94.39% | 199 |
| 132 | Lopes Mendes | 101 | 1:2,925 | 87.83% | 189 |
| 132 | Mendes Semedo | 101 | 1:2,925 | 92.66% | 196 |
| 135 | Fontes | 100 | 1:2,955 | 33.78% | 111 |
| 136 | da Conceição Moreira | 98 | 1:3,015 | 98.00% | 205 |
| 137 | da Conceição Varela | 97 | 1:3,046 | 97.00% | 205 |
| 137 | de Horta | 97 | 1:3,046 | 100.00% | 211 |
| 139 | Antunes | 95 | 1:3,110 | 23.63% | 104 |
| 140 | Cunha | 93 | 1:3,177 | 92.08% | 204 |
| 141 | Timas | 92 | 1:3,212 | 38.82% | 120 |
| 142 | da Cunha | 91 | 1:3,247 | 91.00% | 205 |
| 142 | Mendes Varela | 91 | 1:3,247 | 98.91% | 220 |
| 144 | do Livramento | 90 | 1:3,283 | 21.03% | 101 |
| 145 | da Luz Lopes | 89 | 1:3,320 | 63.57% | 164 |
| 146 | Lopes Semedo | 88 | 1:3,358 | 97.78% | 227 |
| 146 | Melo | 88 | 1:3,358 | 25.81% | 107 |
| 148 | Paiva | 87 | 1:3,396 | 97.75% | 229 |
| 149 | da Conceição Monteiro | 86 | 1:3,436 | 91.49% | 216 |
| 150 | da Fonseca | 85 | 1:3,476 | 41.46% | 130 |
| 151 | Alvarenga | 84 | 1:3,518 | 91.30% | 220 |
| 151 | do Nascimento | 84 | 1:3,518 | 19.63% | 101 |
| 151 | Lopes Monteiro | 84 | 1:3,518 | 74.34% | 192 |
| 151 | Mendes Correia | 84 | 1:3,518 | 87.50% | 213 |
| 151 | Pereira Lopes | 84 | 1:3,518 | 92.31% | 225 |
| 151 | Resende | 84 | 1:3,518 | 40.38% | 129 |
| 157 | Fidalgo | 83 | 1:3,560 | 84.69% | 209 |
| 158 | Lopes Pereira | 81 | 1:3,648 | 94.19% | 235 |
| 159 | Batista | 79 | 1:3,740 | 45.93% | 141 |
| 159 | da Conceição Correia | 79 | 1:3,740 | 87.78% | 227 |
| 159 | Lopes Sanches | 79 | 1:3,740 | 100.00% | 245 |
| 159 | Montrond | 79 | 1:3,740 | 19.36% | 103 |
| 159 | Semedo Lopes | 79 | 1:3,740 | 89.77% | 231 |
| 164 | Barbosa Vicente | 78 | 1:3,788 | 64.46% | 182 |
| 164 | Freitas | 78 | 1:3,788 | 26.53% | 113 |
| 164 | Lopes Gomes | 78 | 1:3,788 | 68.42% | 191 |
| 164 | Mendes Gomes | 78 | 1:3,788 | 84.78% | 220 |
| 168 | Brazão | 77 | 1:3,837 | 97.47% | 245 |
| 168 | Lopes Moreira | 77 | 1:3,837 | 95.06% | 242 |
| 170 | Correia Mendes | 76 | 1:3,888 | 97.44% | 248 |
| 170 | de Sena | 76 | 1:3,888 | 68.47% | 193 |
| 170 | Vasconcelos | 76 | 1:3,888 | 71.70% | 202 |
| 173 | Pereira Tavares | 75 | 1:3,940 | 97.40% | 253 |
| 174 | Tavares Silva | 73 | 1:4,048 | 86.90% | 239 |
| 175 | da Conceição Pereira | 72 | 1:4,104 | 98.63% | 266 |
| 175 | do Carmo | 72 | 1:4,104 | 31.17% | 123 |
| 175 | Mendes Teixeira | 72 | 1:4,104 | 83.72% | 235 |
| 175 | Tavares Gomes | 72 | 1:4,104 | 93.51% | 253 |
| 179 | da Luz Gomes | 71 | 1:4,162 | 47.65% | 156 |
| 180 | da Conceição Fernandes | 69 | 1:4,282 | 98.57% | 279 |
| 180 | Lopes Moreno | 69 | 1:4,282 | 98.57% | 279 |
| 182 | Lopes da Veiga | 68 | 1:4,345 | 97.14% | 279 |
| 182 | Mota | 68 | 1:4,345 | 9.59% | 82 |
| 182 | Souto | 68 | 1:4,345 | 48.57% | 164 |
| 185 | Gomes Monteiro | 67 | 1:4,410 | 71.28% | 216 |
| 185 | Lopes Cabral | 67 | 1:4,410 | 98.53% | 288 |
| 187 | Silveira | 66 | 1:4,477 | 56.90% | 186 |
| 188 | Gomes Fernandes | 65 | 1:4,546 | 78.31% | 241 |
| 188 | Monteiro Lopes | 65 | 1:4,546 | 69.89% | 219 |
| 188 | Moreira Mendes | 65 | 1:4,546 | 98.48% | 294 |
| 188 | Spinola | 65 | 1:4,546 | 48.15% | 171 |
| 192 | Anes | 64 | 1:4,617 | 59.26% | 198 |
| 192 | Lopes Fernandes | 64 | 1:4,617 | 75.29% | 238 |
| 192 | Soares de Carvalho | 64 | 1:4,617 | 100.00% | 299 |
| 195 | Ledo | 63 | 1:4,690 | 33.16% | 134 |
| 196 | Lopes da Silva | 62 | 1:4,766 | 56.88% | 196 |
| 197 | Correia Lopes | 61 | 1:4,844 | 82.43% | 264 |
| 197 | da Conceição Cabral | 61 | 1:4,844 | 98.39% | 306 |
| 197 | Lopes Gonçalves | 61 | 1:4,844 | 83.56% | 266 |
| 200 | Faria | 60 | 1:4,925 | 19.23% | 108 |
| 200 | Pereira Semedo | 60 | 1:4,925 | 96.77% | 306 |
| 200 | Ss-A | 60 | 1:4,925 | 100.00% | 315 |
| 200 | Tavares Pereira | 60 | 1:4,925 | 100.00% | 315 |