da Tavares Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
South Africa

da Tavares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Tavares 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
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

da Tavares Last Name Facts

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

The surname da Tavares occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name da Tavares? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of da Tavares are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Pará, where 100 percent are found. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 50 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
de Tavares90137/
di Tavares903/
do Tavares903/
dos Tavares862/
de Tavarez8063/
de Tabares803/
da Tavora742/
da Taveira701/
das Tawary701/
de Tavárez701/
de Tavora638/
da Touwore601/
de Taveira601/
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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 da Tavares
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