São Surname
Approximately 894 people bear this surname
São Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 576 | 1:18,087 | 1,300 |
| Brazil | 301 | 1:711,210 | 26,095 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
São (3,576) may also be a first name.
São Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name São Come From? nationality or country of origin
São is borne by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name São? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 394,847th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,151,617 people. The last name São occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of São are found; 65 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 65 percent are found in Iberian Europe. São is also the 118,403rd most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 3,576 people.
This last name is most widely held in Portugal, where it is borne by 576 people, or 1 in 18,087. Barring Portugal São exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 34 percent reside and Angola, where 1 percent reside.
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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 São
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