Conceição Surname
Approximately 118,296 people bear this surname
Conceição Surname User-submission:
Conceição : Significa 'fruto', 'concepção', 'fecundação'.
Conceição é um nome português de origem religiosa que surgiu a partir do latim conceptus , que quer dizer 'fruto' ou 'concepção'.
É um dos títulos à Virgem Maria, como Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
Read More About This SurnameConceição Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 48,203 | 1:566 | 119 |
| Brazil | 32,565 | 1:6,574 | 460 |
| Angola | 22,283 | 1:1,211 | 216 |
| Portugal | 14,040 | 1:742 | 131 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 568 | 1:312 | 66 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| East Timor | 25 | 1:48,637 | 122 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| United Arab Emirates | 18 | 1:509,015 | 23,390 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Conceicão (7), Conceiçâo (4), Conceiçao (2), Conçeição (1), Conceicao (801) & Conceiçaõ (1) are calculated separately.
Conceição (114,377) may also be a first name.
Conceição Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Conceição : Significa 'fruto', 'concepção', 'fecundação'.
Conceição é um nome português de origem religiosa que surgiu a partir do latim conceptus , que quer dizer 'fruto' ou 'concepção'.
É um dos títulos à Virgem Maria, como Nossa Senhora da Conceição. Está relacionado com a 'imaculada concepção de Jesus Cristo', já que Maria teria nascido sem o pecado original.
É comumente utilizado como parte de um nome composto, após o nome Maria, originando Maria da conceição.
Em algumas regiões, a Conceição é utilizada como um nome de família. A sua origem como sobrenome teria surgido na região Ibérica (Portugal e Espanha), em homenagem às nascimentos que aconteciam durante o Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
Este nome foi trazido para o Brasil através dos colonizadores portugueses. Muitos indígenas e escravos africanos receberam este nome ao serem batizados pelos padres catequizadores.
A cor azul e o dourado são considerados núcleos da família Conceição e, consequentemente, como que também representam as pessoas que têm este nome próprio.
De acordo com o Censo Demográfico 2010, eram mais de 100 mil as suas portadoras. A gênio do nome foi alcançada na década de 60.
- moises.mrIt is a Portuguese surname, which means 'conception'. It is related with the Christian idea of the Immaculated Conception. It is mostly present in Brazil, São Tomé, Principe and Angola.
It might be also given as a female forename.
- sergiocamppoConceição Demographics
Average Male Conceição Height
172.28 cm
Average Female Conceição Height
161.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Conceição Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Conceição Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Conceição is found in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Conceicão, Conceiçâo, Conceiçao, Conçeição, Conceicao or Conceiçaõ. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Conceição? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,768th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 61,604 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Conceição live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 9,001st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 114,377 people.
It is most frequent in Mozambique, where it is borne by 48,203 people, or 1 in 566. Beside Mozambique this last name is found in 73 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 28 percent are found and Angola, where 19 percent are found.
Conceição Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Conceição has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Conceição last name rose 14,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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