de Azevedo Surname

3,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151,361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Azevedo Surname User-submission:

The surname "de Azevedo" and variants "Azevedo" and "Acevedo" was created to mean that a person came from the region of Azevedo, in Portugal.

Azevedo was a parish in the municipality from Caminha, at Portugal, with 5.47 km ² and 158 inhabitants (2011).

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de Azevedo 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
Brazil140,9581:1,519167
Angola6,9021:3,910570
France1,8211:36,4764,480
Portugal7171:14,5301,116
Venezuela2161:139,8344,447
Spain1351:346,31119,910
South Africa1001:541,77742,852
Switzerland831:98,95110,605
Argentina701:610,62043,172
Australia621:435,41534,362
United States501:7,249,179331,838
England441:1,266,32057,817
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Cape Verde221:24,075904
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Andorra151:5,5891,076
Paraguay111:657,8867,708
India101:76,706,538639,611
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Macau11:601,6301,582
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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The alternate forms: de Azevêdo (5) & de Azévédo (2) are calculated separately.

de Azevedo Surname Meaning

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The surname "de Azevedo" and variants "Azevedo" and "Acevedo" was created to mean that a person came from the region of Azevedo, in Portugal.

Azevedo was a parish in the municipality from Caminha, at Portugal, with 5.47 km ² and 158 inhabitants (2011). Density: 28.9 inhabitants / km².

It was created in 1864 or earlier. It was abolished in 2013, as part of a national administrative reform, having been aggregated to Venade parish to form a new parish called Union of Parishes of Venade and Azevedo, and with headquarters in Venade. Situated 5km from Caminha, between the slopes of Mount St. Antão, Senhora das Neves and monte Vieiro.

The North situated with Riba Anchor and Vile, the headwaters with Dem and Gondar, at south with Venade and west with Cristelo and Moledo.

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de Azevedo Demographics

Average Male de Azevedo Height

172.86 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 110 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Azevedo Last Name Facts

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

de Azevedo is found most in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant: de Azevêdo or de Azévédo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 3,711th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,147 people. de Azevedo occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of de Azevedo live; 94 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 140,958 people, or 1 in 1,519. In Brazil de Azevedo is primarily found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 23 percent live, São Paulo, where 18 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 5 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

de Azevedo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Azevedo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.9% more than the national average, earning R 403,740 per year; in United States they earn 24.71% less than the national average, earning $32,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $48,020 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Azevêdo975/
de Azeivedo953/
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de Azeavedo951/
de Aazevedo951/
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de Azévédo932/
de Asevedo90921/
de Acevedo90133/
de Azavedo9048/
da Azevedo9026/
De-Azevedo907/
de Azeveda907/
de Azevado907/
de Azebedo906/
de Ezevedo906/
di Azevedo904/
de Ozevedo901/
da Acevedo8014/
de Acebedo802/
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