Barreto dos Santos Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Barreto dos Santos Surname User-submission:

It is a Portuguese surname, a metonymic occupational name for a 'cap maker', from the word barrette, meaning 'cap'. This surname can be found in old Portugal colonies, like Brazil and Macau, it also arrived to India and other parts of the New World.

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Barreto dos Santos Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,2871:166,3366,407
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Barreto dos Santos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a Portuguese surname, a metonymic occupational name for a 'cap maker', from the word barrette, meaning 'cap'. This surname can be found in old Portugal colonies, like Brazil and Macau, it also arrived to India and other parts of the New World.

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Barreto dos Santos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barreto dos Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Barreto dos Santos is found most frequently in Brazil. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barreto dos Santos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 295,590th most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 5,649,260 people. The surname Barreto dos Santos is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Barreto dos Santos live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,287 people, or 1 in 166,336. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Bahia, where 36 percent are found, São Paulo, where 19 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 17 percent are found. Besides Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barretto dos Santos9711/
Bareto dos Santos971/
Barret dos Santos971/
Barto dos Santos944/
Barreti dos Santos941/
Boareto dos Santos941/
Borret dos Santos911/
Bart dos Santos911/
Berredo dos Santos892/
Boarato dos Santos891/
Baratto dos Santos891/
Barioto dos Santos891/
Brito dos Santos881,924/
Berto dos Santos8882/
Briet dos Santos884/
Broto dos Santos882/
Preto dos Santos881/
Parto dos Santos881/
Breta dos Santos881/
Britto dos Santos8641/
Barata dos Santos8627/
Prieto dos Santos8610/
Burato dos Santos863/
Perret dos Santos862/
Bereta dos Santos862/
Boroto dos Santos862/
Baryotto dos Santos861/
Barrotti dos Santos861/
Berato dos Santos861/
Bard dos Santos851/
Buratto dos Santos839/
Barrada dos Santos831/
Porto dos Santos82306/
Breda dos Santos826/
Berti dos Santos825/
Proto dos Santos823/
Preti dos Santos822/
Brodt dos Santos822/
Pardo dos Santos822/
Parta dos Santos821/
Prete dos Santos821/
Piret dos Santos821/
Brite dos Santos821/
Broietti dos Santos811/
Perrut dos Santos8011/
Perete dos Santos808/
Burity dos Santos807/
Buriti dos Santos805/
Pirete dos Santos803/
Pretti dos Santos803/
Pereta dos Santos803/
Bertie dos Santos802/
Perito dos Santos802/
Bertti dos Santos802/
Parode dos Santos802/
Boriti dos Santos801/
Brito Dias Santos801/
Braide dos Santos801/
Bereda dos Santos801/
Peroto dos Santos801/
Pirett dos Santos801/
Prat dos Santos791/
Port dos Santos791/
Peretti dos Santos782/
Peretta dos Santos781/
Priotto dos Santos781/
Proetti dos Santos781/
Prado dos Santos76279/
Prata dos Santos7637/
Burda dos Santos762/
Broda dos Santos762/
Borda dos Santos761/
Preda dos Santos761/
Perrotte dos Santos761/
Porte dos Santos761/
Brita dos Santos761/
Broad dos Santos761/
Pratti dos Santos742/
Parada dos Santos742/
Prado dos San Tos741/
Pirata dos Santos741/
Pierote dos Santos722/
Prota dos Santos713/
Porta dos Santos712/
Prada dos Santos711/
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