do Espírito Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

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

do Espírito Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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do Espírito 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
São Tomé and Príncipe1121:1,584209
Brazil911:2,352,46572,498
Portugal471:221,6658,706
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: do Espirito (3,389) & do Espiríto (2) are calculated separately.

do Espírito Last Name Facts

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

The surname do Espírito is found in São Tomé and Príncipe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: do Espirito or do Espiríto. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name do Espírito? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 996,001st most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of do Espírito live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Luso-Central Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in São Tomé and Príncipe, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 1,584. In São Tomé and Príncipe do Espírito is most frequent in: São Tomé, where 100 percent live. Other than São Tomé and Príncipe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 35 percent live and Portugal, where 18 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
do Espirito973,389/
do Espiríto942/
do Esperito91127/
dos Espirito8731/
do Espeirito871/
do Espiritos871/
do Espoirito871/
do Eespirito871/
do Espierito871/
do Epirito866/
do Espirito S8328/
dos Espiritos832/
do Expirito8218/
da Espirito825/
do Espireto822/
do Espirita821/
do Eepirito821/
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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 do Espírito
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