de Alves Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Alves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Alves 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
Brazil4221:507,28519,086
Portugal281:372,08012,265
São Tomé and Príncipe181:9,857632
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

de Alves Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Alves is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of de Alves click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Alves? popularity and diffusion

de Alves is the 633,196th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. de Alves is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of de Alves are found; 90 percent are found in South America and 88 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 507,285. In Brazil de Alves is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent reside, São Paulo, where 12 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Brazil de Alves occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 6 percent reside and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 4 percent reside.

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 Galves941/
de Alvis88313/
da Alves8823/
di Alves884/
de Albes882/
de Alvez881/
de Galvez82122/
de Galvis829/
de Albeis821/
de Alva80812/
de Olve801/
de Alwis7535,102/
de Alviz753/
de Aluis752/
de Albis752/
da Alvez751/
de Galue751/
de Golvea716/
de Galviz711/
de Albeche6721/
de Albi671/
De-Alva671/
da Alva671/
De-Alwis6322/
da Ailva6312/
de Albiz635/
de Albay632/
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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 de Alves
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