Where Does The Last Name Araújo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Araújo is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Araujo, Araùjo, Àraujo or Aráujo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Araújo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Araújo is the 2,797^th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,448 people. Araújo is primarily found in Africa, where 38 percent of Araújo reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Araújo is also the 121,088^th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 3,449 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 54,080 people, or 1 in 3,958. In Brazil Araújo is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 32 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 10 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname exists in 122 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 19 percent are found and Portugal, where 19 percent are found.