Cristão Surname

71,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,895 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Portugal

Cristão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cristão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola3,7471:7,203937
Portugal1,5101:6,899656
Brazil8071:265,27210,221
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
Dominican Republic1231:84,8213,815
Italy831:736,82861,221
Mexico701:1,773,23217,696
Spain551:850,03734,138
India211:36,526,923420,161
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Peru111:2,889,46628,985
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
England101:5,571,806158,774
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
France91:7,380,302306,885
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Oman41:921,9937,313
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Cristão Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cristão is found most frequently in Angola. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cristão? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 71,606th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,056,932 people. Cristão is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Cristão live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 3,747 people, or 1 in 7,203. Barring Angola this last name occurs in 62 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.

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Footnotes

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