Nascimento Surname

571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 954,080 people bear this surname

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

Nascimento Surname User-submission:

"Nascimento", as a surname, has a religious, Catholic meaning.It is a word of Portuguese origin meaning literally "birth" Several people are given this surname for being born by December 25th, because of the day Christians celebrate the Birth of Jesus.

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Nascimento Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil852,3671:25138
Angola57,5801:46978
Portugal18,1171:57597
Mozambique14,8321:1,838442
United States2,7161:133,45314,029
Cape Verde2,6951:19751
São Tomé and Príncipe1,2011:14836
Spain6331:73,8586,481
France4841:137,23721,031
Canada4451:82,7999,222
England4161:133,93813,173
Argentina2641:161,90713,634
Australia2321:116,36112,902
Peru2301:138,1927,640
Suriname2171:2,547375
Benin1971:52,4656,602
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
Netherlands1251:135,09720,820
Thailand1241:569,66497,190
Switzerland1031:79,7379,154
Venezuela1021:296,1186,872
Germany951:847,42661,310
Guyana921:8,2851,320
Italy651:940,87268,025
Indonesia621:2,133,052131,589
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Ireland381:123,9196,102
Belgium381:302,54335,124
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Ecuador291:548,47711,265
Luxembourg231:25,2414,722
Paraguay211:344,6075,239
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Chile191:927,18319,125
Norway161:321,39331,311
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Senegal131:1,121,4883,334
Oman121:307,3314,704
Congo111:453,55410,703
Austria101:851,54467,454
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Macau61:100,272488
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Botswana41:546,73222,624
East Timor41:303,982255
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Wales41:773,63329,106
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Belize31:118,4913,439
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Nasçimento (5) are calculated separately.

Nascimento (7,926) may also be a first name.

Nascimento Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

"Nascimento", as a surname, has a religious, Catholic meaning.It is a word of Portuguese origin meaning literally "birth" Several people are given this surname for being born by December 25th, because of the day Christians celebrate the Birth of Jesus.

- heronasco

Nascimento Last Name Facts

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

Nascimento (Marathi: नासुमेन्टो) occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Nasçimento. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nascimento? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nascimento is the 571st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 7,638 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Nascimento reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 89 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 71,525th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 7,926 people.

This last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 852,367 people, or 1 in 251. In Brazil Nascimento is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 17 percent are found, Bahia, where 15 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 118 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 6 percent are found and Portugal, where 2 percent are found.

Nascimento Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nascimento last name are 24.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nascimento earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 68.56% less than the national average, earning €9,442 per year; in Norway they earn 11.89% less than the national average, earning 304,939 kr per year; in Peru they earn 24.57% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,623 per year; in South Africa they earn 64.17% more than the national average, earning R 390,132 per year; in United States they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning $43,287 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $54,847 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nascimento Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nascimento in the Marathi language
नासुमेन्टोnasumento50
नसीमलोnasimalo50

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