Cristovão Surname

25,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Cristovão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cristovão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola20,7051:1,304232
Portugal1421:73,3683,778
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
São Tomé and Príncipe131:13,648822
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

The alternate forms: Cristóvão (16,888) & Cristóvâo (1) are calculated separately.

Cristovão (3,207) may also be a first name.

Cristovão Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cristovão Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cristovão is found in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Cristóvão or Cristóvâo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cristovão? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cristovão is the 25,725th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 348,087 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cristovão reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Cristovão is also the 126,757th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,207 people.

Cristovão is most commonly held in Angola, where it is carried by 20,705 people, or 1 in 1,304. Apart from Angola Cristovão exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Cristovão Last Name Statistics demography

Cristovão earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 241.53% more than the national average, earning R 811,608 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cristovão
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