Mendes Tavares Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Mendes Tavares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mendes 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
Cape Verde2171:2,441125
Brazil1541:1,390,09346,994
France1251:531,38273,029
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936

Mendes Tavares Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mendes Tavares occurs in Cape Verde more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name Mendes Tavares is the 606,498th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. The surname Mendes Tavares occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Mendes Tavares reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 2,441. In Cape Verde Mendes Tavares is primarily found in: Santiago, where 96 percent live, Maio, where 2 percent live and Brava, where 0 percent live. Excluding Cape Verde this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 30 percent live and France, where 24 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
Mendes-Tavares934/
Mandes Tavares931/
Montes Tavares865/
Mendes-Tavaris861/
Mendez Taveras794/
Mendes de Farias6796/
Montas Taveras641/
Montas de Varez621/

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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 Mendes Tavares
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