do Espirito Santo Surname

7,149th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79,351 people bear this surname

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

do Espirito Santo Surname User-submission:

A Portuguese surname, meaning 'of the Holy Spirit', a religious surname often given to African slaves and Native Americans by Portuguese colonizers.

do Espirito Santo 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
Brazil78,5231:2,726253
São Tomé and Príncipe7431:23955
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Cape Verde211:25,221946
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
England31:18,572,686338,250
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
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do Espirito Santo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Portuguese surname, meaning 'of the Holy Spirit', a religious surname often given to African slaves and Native Americans by Portuguese colonizers.

- wandrericardo
DNA test information
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do Espirito Santo Demographics

Average do Espirito Santo Salary in
South Africa

R 223,776

Per year
Rank:
63,003 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.82221E-5
Rank: 64,492 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
94.17%
Sample size: 11 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

do Espirito Santo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name do Espirito Santo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname do Espirito Santo has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name do Espirito Santo? popularity and diffusion

The last name do Espirito Santo is the 7,149th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 91,839 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of do Espirito Santo reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname do Espirito Santo is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 78,523 people, or 1 in 2,726. In Brazil do Espirito Santo is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 16 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent live and Pará, where 11 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

do Espirito Santo Last Name Statistics demography

do Espirito Santo earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.83% less than the national average, earning R 223,776 per year.

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
do Espirito Santos972,710/
do Espirito Santoa972/
do Espirito Santoo971/
do Espirito Ssanto971/
do Espirito Sannto971/
do Espirito Santa949/
do Espirito-Santo947/
do Espirito Sonto941/
do Espirito Santas911/
Do-Espirito-Santo881/

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