de Pessoa Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

de Pessoa Surname User-submission:

Pessôa is a Portuguese surname whose origins may be linked to a physical or moral attribute of the family patriarch - used as a synonym for man.The surname was also adopted by Jewish and new Christian families. Martinho da Cunha de Oliveira Pessoa, a Jewish man who perished in The Inquisition, was an ancestor of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), one of the great names of Portuguese literature.

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de Pessoa 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
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: de Pessôa (2) are calculated separately.

de Pessoa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Pessôa is a Portuguese surname whose origins may be linked to a physical or moral attribute of the family patriarch - used as a synonym for man.The surname was also adopted by Jewish and new Christian families. Martinho da Cunha de Oliveira Pessoa, a Jewish man who perished in The Inquisition, was an ancestor of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), one of the great names of Portuguese literature.

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de Pessoa Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Pessoa is found most in Brazil. It may also occur as: de Pessôa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname de Pessoa is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of de Pessoa are found; 89 percent are found in South America and 89 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 5,489,085. In Brazil de Pessoa is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 28 percent are found, São Paulo, where 13 percent are found and Ceará, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 9 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

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