Esteves Surname

3,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148,079 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Esteves Surname User-submission:

Estévez, or Estevez in America, is a Galician family name. It is a patronymic, meaning son of Stephen, in Galician Estevo. In Portuguese the equivalent is Esteves, the Italian equivalent is DeStefano and the Spanish equivalent is Estébanez, from the Spanish name Esteban.

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Esteves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil57,5511:3,720313
Portugal25,3541:41173
Angola21,6911:1,244220
Philippines8,2671:12,2461,234
France5,5711:11,9231,177
Mozambique5,5621:4,9011,104
United States4,3411:83,4979,459
Venezuela4,1031:7,361800
Mexico3,7081:33,4752,061
Peru2,1691:14,6541,882
Argentina1,8901:22,6161,882
Ecuador1,4761:10,7761,731
Uruguay9121:3,763439
Spain8951:52,2374,855
Puerto Rico7611:4,665331
Colombia4701:101,6473,652
Canada4471:82,4299,185
Dominican Republic4011:26,0171,610
South Africa3071:176,47519,463
Switzerland3041:27,0164,154
England2811:198,28517,371
India2351:3,264,10895,059
Cuba1521:75,8072,605
Australia1301:207,65920,175
São Tomé and Príncipe1271:1,397191
Germany1121:718,79954,527
El Salvador911:69,7131,430
Belgium831:138,51419,805
Paraguay711:101,9262,371
Honduras691:127,7751,858
Guam621:2,583336
Guatemala501:321,6534,595
Andorra391:2,150402
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
Cape Verde271:19,616735
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Northern Mariana Islands191:2,873305
Chile181:978,69319,774
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Guinea-Bissau161:108,001107
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Sweden111:895,16066,831
East Timor91:135,103179
Norway91:571,36544,190
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Belize61:59,2462,743
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Finland61:916,11741,832
Macau61:100,272488
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Luxembourg51:116,1086,306
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Panama41:978,06412,245
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Estéves (6), Estêves (4), Estèves (3) & Ésteves (1) are calculated separately.

Esteves (5,852) may also be a first name.

Esteves Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Estévez, or Estevez in America, is a Galician family name. It is a patronymic, meaning son of Stephen, in Galician Estevo. In Portuguese the equivalent is Esteves, the Italian equivalent is DeStefano and the Spanish equivalent is Estébanez, from the Spanish name Esteban.

- agilebeast

Estévez, or Estevez in America, is a Galician patronymic surname. It means 'son of Stephen', in Galician Estevo means 'Stephen'. In Portuguese the equivalent is Esteves, the Italian equivalent is DeStefano and the Spanish equivalent is Estébanez, from the Spanish name Esteban.

- estevesph

A Portuguese patronymic of Estevão, the Portuguese form of the given name Stephen.

- mfariacastro

Esteves Last Name Facts

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

Esteves (Russian: Эстевес) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also occur in the variant forms: Estéves, Estêves, Estèves or Ésteves. Click here for other potential spellings of Esteves.

How Common Is The Last Name Esteves? popularity and diffusion

Esteves is the 3,784th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 49,214 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Esteves live; 46 percent live in South America and 39 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 87,101st most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 5,852 people.

The last name Esteves is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 57,551 people, or 1 in 3,720. In Brazil Esteves is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 30 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 25 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 20 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name exists in 99 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 17 percent live and Angola, where 15 percent live.

Esteves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Esteves has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Esteves surname rose 39,464 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Esteves Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Esteves last name are 41.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Esteves earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,000 per year; in South Africa they earn 268.74% more than the national average, earning R 876,264 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.25% less than the national average, earning $21,737,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $45,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.72% more than the national average, earning $56,004 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Estéves956/
Estêves954/
Estèves953/
Ésteves951/
Estesves935/
Estteves935/
Esteives932/
Esteeves931/
Esteaves931/
Jesteves931/
Easteves931/
Estevesr931/
Estevest930/
Esteve9226,945/
Eteves929/
Estievies881/
Estevez86115,969/
Estebes861,312/
Estevis86403/
Estives86171/
Estaves8634/
Estever869/
Isteves868/
Etheves865/
Estheve864/
Estevec863/
Estevie863/
Estevys862/
Asteves862/
Esteeve861/
Esteved861/
Eiteves861/
Euteves861/
Eeteves861/
Estevee861/
Estevey861/
Estieve861/
Exteves861/
Ezteves861/
Eteve83507/
D'Esteve8022/
Estesvez803/
Estoevez803/
Etheve773,670/
Estebe771,238/
Estive77226/
Etieve77104/
Estève7795/
Etevez7764/
Estevi776/
Etives771/
Etevei771/
Estéve771/
Exteve771/
Geteve771/
Etevie771/
Estévez711,301/
Estebesova71791/
Estebez71402/
Estivez7193/
Esteviz7175/
Estibes7126/
Estavez7124/
Estebis7119/
Estèvez7114/
Eztevez718/
Estivis717/
Estevéz716/
Esteeva714/
Estiver714/
Extevez712/
Éstevez712/
Etievie711/
Istives711/
Eyteved711/
Esttevy711/
Estevaa711/
Esteivi711/
Estevic711/
Astives711/
Etebe67524/
Etewe6736/
Etive6711/
Iteve675/
Estevich672/
D'estève671/
Etevi671/
Estebais671/
Estewais671/
Etève671/
Heuteuve671/
Astivesh671/
Eshtewee671/

Esteves Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Esteves in the Russian language
Эстевесesteves-

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