Cristóvão Surname
Approximately 16,888 people bear this surname
Cristóvão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 15,381 | 1:1,755 | 318 |
| Portugal | 1,472 | 1:7,078 | 667 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Cristovão (20,936) & Cristóvâo (1) are calculated separately.
Cristóvão (3,632) may also be a first name.
Cristóvão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cristóvão Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cristóvão is found in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Cristovão or Cristóvâo. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cristóvão? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cristóvão is the 31,606th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 431,522 people. The last name Cristóvão is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Cristóvão reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 117,247th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 3,632 people.
The last name Cristóvão is most commonly held in Angola, where it is held by 15,381 people, or 1 in 1,755. Outside of Angola it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 9 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Cristóvão
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