de Tavares Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

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

de Tavares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de 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
Brazil1331:1,609,58153,222
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

de Tavares Last Name Facts

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

de Tavares occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name de Tavares is the 1,518,885th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of de Tavares are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 1,609,581. In Brazil de Tavares is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 23 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Pernambuco, where 12 percent live. Outside of Brazil it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Portugal, where 1 percent live.

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 Tavarez9063/
di Tavares903/
de Tabares903/
da Tavares902/
de Tavárez801/
de Tavora748/
de Taveira701/
da Tavora632/
da Taveira601/
de Távora532/
da Touwore501/
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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 Tavares
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