São Tomé and Príncipe Genealogical Records
Newspapers Covering São Tomé and Príncipe
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São Tomé and Príncipe Directories & Gazetteers
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São Tomé and Príncipe Cemeteries
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São Tomé and Príncipe Histories & Books
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Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering São Tomé and Príncipe
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São Tomé and Príncipe Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
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Historical Description
Situated in the Gulf of Guinea, and have an area of 42 square miles. Population 45,000 (1,000 whites.)
Cocoa is the principal export. Capital, St. Thomas. Population 3,000.
Most Common Surnames in São Tomé and Príncipe
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernandes | 4,129 | 1:43 | |
| 2 | dos Santos | 3,703 | 1:48 | |
| 3 | Soares | 3,576 | 1:50 | |
| 4 | Afonso | 3,175 | 1:56 | |
| 5 | Quaresma | 3,103 | 1:57 | |
| 6 | da Costa | 2,656 | 1:67 | |
| 7 | Neto | 2,555 | 1:69 | |
| 8 | Lima | 2,450 | 1:72 | |
| 9 | Pereira | 2,434 | 1:73 | |
| 10 | de Sousa | 2,289 | 1:78 | |
| 11 | da Conceição | 2,263 | 1:78 | |
| 12 | dos Ramos | 2,164 | 1:82 | |
| 13 | Santo | 2,110 | 1:84 | |
| 14 | Tavares | 2,073 | 1:86 | |
| 15 | da Cruz | 2,031 | 1:87 | |
| 16 | Lopes | 1,984 | 1:89 | |
| 17 | Vaz | 1,901 | 1:93 | |
| 18 | Mendes | 1,843 | 1:96 | |
| 19 | Dias | 1,837 | 1:97 | |
| 20 | Costa | 1,820 | 1:97 | |
| 21 | da Trindade | 1,787 | 1:99 | |
| 22 | da Graça | 1,733 | 1:102 | |
| 23 | Pires | 1,731 | 1:102 | |
| 24 | Carvalho | 1,679 | 1:106 | |
| 25 | Martins | 1,664 | 1:107 | |
| 26 | Gomes | 1,591 | 1:112 | |
| 27 | da Silva | 1,556 | 1:114 | |
| 28 | Sousa | 1,511 | 1:117 | |
| 29 | Das Neves | 1,472 | 1:121 | |
| 30 | Santos | 1,420 | 1:125 | |
| 31 | Ramos | 1,382 | 1:128 | |
| 32 | Monteiro | 1,276 | 1:139 | |
| 33 | do Espirito | 1,240 | 1:143 | |
| 34 | do Nascimento | 1,225 | 1:145 | |
| 35 | Ferreira | 1,212 | 1:146 | |
| 36 | Nascimento | 1,201 | 1:148 | |
| 37 | do Sacramento | 1,182 | 1:150 | |
| 38 | Varela | 1,075 | 1:165 | |
| 39 | Silva | 1,023 | 1:173 | |
| 40 | Semedo | 1,015 | 1:175 | |
| 41 | Rodrigues | 1,007 | 1:176 | |
| 42 | Correia | 971 | 1:183 | |
| 43 | de Ceita | 963 | 1:184 | |
| 44 | de Carvalho | 959 | 1:185 | |
| 45 | Santana | 940 | 1:189 | |
| 46 | Sacramento | 930 | 1:191 | |
| 47 | Almeida | 913 | 1:194 | |
| 48 | Cruz | 830 | 1:214 | |
| 49 | Viegas | 800 | 1:222 | |
| 50 | Pinto | 787 | 1:225 | |
| 51 | Cravid | 782 | 1:227 | |
| 52 | Neves | 778 | 1:228 | |
| 53 | Pontes | 752 | 1:236 | |
| 54 | Andrade | 745 | 1:238 | |
| 55 | do Espirito Santo | 743 | 1:239 | |
| 56 | da Fonseca | 673 | 1:264 | |
| 57 | Trindade | 666 | 1:266 | |
| 58 | Barros | 651 | 1:273 | |
| 59 | Gonçalves | 648 | 1:274 | |
| 60 | de Barros | 632 | 1:281 | |
| 61 | do Rosário | 630 | 1:282 | |
| 62 | Bonfim | 626 | 1:283 | |
| 63 | Fonseca | 624 | 1:284 | |
| 64 | Moreira | 579 | 1:306 | |
| 65 | Ceita | 571 | 1:311 | |
| 66 | Conceição | 568 | 1:312 | |
| 67 | Domingos | 564 | 1:315 | |
| 68 | Alves | 548 | 1:324 | |
| 69 | Batista | 538 | 1:330 | |
| 69 | Cardoso | 538 | 1:330 | |
| 71 | de Almeida | 521 | 1:341 | |
| 72 | dos Reis | 498 | 1:356 | |
| 73 | Leal | 491 | 1:361 | |
| 73 | Leite | 491 | 1:361 | |
| 75 | Marques | 483 | 1:367 | |
| 76 | Borges | 475 | 1:374 | |
| 77 | dos Anjos | 469 | 1:378 | |
| 78 | Lourenço | 466 | 1:381 | |
| 79 | Dalmeida | 461 | 1:385 | |
| 80 | do Rosario | 435 | 1:408 | |
| 80 | Manuel | 435 | 1:408 | |
| 82 | Coelho | 434 | 1:409 | |
| 83 | de Assunção | 430 | 1:413 | |
| 84 | Faleiro | 427 | 1:416 | |
| 85 | Cabral | 425 | 1:417 | |
| 86 | Graça | 413 | 1:430 | |
| 87 | Sanches | 408 | 1:435 | |
| 88 | da Mata | 403 | 1:440 | |
| 89 | da Glória | 402 | 1:441 | |
| 90 | Moreno | 391 | 1:454 | |
| 91 | Santiago | 381 | 1:466 | |
| 92 | Assunção | 377 | 1:471 | |
| 93 | Furtado | 367 | 1:483 | |
| 94 | Dassunção | 365 | 1:486 | |
| 95 | de Oliveira | 364 | 1:487 | |
| 96 | Bandeira | 362 | 1:490 | |
| 97 | Menezes | 354 | 1:501 | |
| 98 | Jesus | 343 | 1:517 | |
| 99 | Oliveira | 342 | 1:519 | |
| 100 | Deus | 331 | 1:536 | |
| 101 | Barreto | 328 | 1:541 | |
| 102 | da Gloria | 323 | 1:549 | |
| 103 | Viana | 320 | 1:554 | |
| 104 | Bragança | 319 | 1:556 | |
| 105 | Rocha | 311 | 1:570 | |
| 106 | Simão | 309 | 1:574 | |
| 107 | da Veiga | 308 | 1:576 | |
| 107 | Dapresentação | 308 | 1:576 | |
| 109 | Guadalupe | 306 | 1:580 | |
| 110 | Tomé | 302 | 1:587 | |
| 111 | Teixeira | 297 | 1:597 | |
| 112 | Jordão | 294 | 1:603 | |
| 113 | de Deus | 293 | 1:606 | |
| 114 | Diogo | 288 | 1:616 | |
| 115 | Barbosa | 277 | 1:641 | |
| 116 | de Pina | 272 | 1:652 | |
| 117 | António | 268 | 1:662 | |
| 117 | do Esp | 268 | 1:662 | |
| 117 | Pina | 268 | 1:662 | |
| 120 | Fortes | 265 | 1:670 | |
| 121 | Sousa Pontes | 264 | 1:672 | |
| 122 | Vieira | 260 | 1:682 | |
| 123 | Delgado | 258 | 1:688 | |
| 124 | Duarte | 257 | 1:690 | |
| 125 | Mendonça | 237 | 1:749 | |
| 125 | Veloso | 237 | 1:749 | |
| 127 | Castro | 231 | 1:768 | |
| 128 | Paquete | 230 | 1:771 | |
| 128 | Rompão | 230 | 1:771 | |
| 130 | Aguiar | 229 | 1:775 | |
| 131 | José | 227 | 1:782 | |
| 131 | Noronha | 227 | 1:782 | |
| 133 | Gaspar | 222 | 1:799 | |
| 134 | Morte | 220 | 1:806 | |
| 135 | Luis | 219 | 1:810 | |
| 135 | Mota | 219 | 1:810 | |
| 137 | Vila Nova | 218 | 1:814 | |
| 138 | Lazaro | 213 | 1:833 | |
| 139 | de Sousa Pontes | 212 | 1:837 | |
| 140 | Francisco | 207 | 1:857 | |
| 141 | Esperança | 205 | 1:865 | |
| 142 | Pedroso | 203 | 1:874 | |
| 143 | Andreza | 199 | 1:892 | |
| 144 | Espirito | 197 | 1:901 | |
| 145 | Rosa | 196 | 1:905 | |
| 146 | Bom Jesus | 192 | 1:924 | |
| 147 | Nunes | 187 | 1:949 | |
| 148 | de Brito | 181 | 1:980 | |
| 149 | Quintas | 180 | 1:986 | |
| 150 | Rosario | 179 | 1:991 | |
| 151 | Amaral | 176 | 1:1,008 | |
| 152 | Amado | 175 | 1:1,014 | |
| 153 | Das | 171 | 1:1,038 | |
| 154 | de Apresentação | 169 | 1:1,050 | |
| 154 | Henriques | 169 | 1:1,050 | |
| 156 | Brito | 164 | 1:1,082 | |
| 157 | Veiga | 163 | 1:1,088 | |
| 158 | Anjos | 162 | 1:1,095 | |
| 159 | Nazaré | 161 | 1:1,102 | |
| 160 | Luiz | 160 | 1:1,109 | |
| 161 | Silveira | 159 | 1:1,116 | |
| 162 | Boa | 158 | 1:1,123 | |
| 163 | Ribeiro | 157 | 1:1,130 | |
| 163 | Rosário | 157 | 1:1,130 | |
| 165 | Nova | 155 | 1:1,145 | |
| 166 | Lázaro | 153 | 1:1,160 | |
| 167 | Reis | 151 | 1:1,175 | |
| 168 | Managem | 150 | 1:1,183 | |
| 168 | Vasconcelos | 150 | 1:1,183 | |
| 170 | Pinheiro | 148 | 1:1,199 | |
| 171 | Vicente | 147 | 1:1,207 | |
| 172 | Boa Morte | 144 | 1:1,232 | |
| 173 | Maquengo | 143 | 1:1,241 | |
| 174 | Apresentação | 142 | 1:1,249 | |
| 174 | de Bom Jesus | 142 | 1:1,249 | |
| 174 | do Espírito Santo | 142 | 1:1,249 | |
| 174 | Garcia | 142 | 1:1,249 | |
| 178 | Casimiro | 139 | 1:1,276 | |
| 178 | Mateus | 139 | 1:1,276 | |
| 180 | Aragão | 135 | 1:1,314 | |
| 180 | Rita | 135 | 1:1,314 | |
| 182 | Antonio | 134 | 1:1,324 | |
| 182 | de Castro | 134 | 1:1,324 | |
| 182 | Taraveira | 134 | 1:1,324 | |
| 185 | Camblé | 133 | 1:1,334 | |
| 186 | Glória | 132 | 1:1,344 | |
| 187 | Bastos | 131 | 1:1,354 | |
| 187 | Sequeira | 131 | 1:1,354 | |
| 189 | Bento | 129 | 1:1,375 | |
| 190 | da Silveira | 128 | 1:1,386 | |
| 191 | Esteves | 127 | 1:1,397 | |
| 192 | da Luz | 126 | 1:1,408 | |
| 193 | Mata | 123 | 1:1,442 | |
| 193 | Trovoada | 123 | 1:1,442 | |
| 195 | Brandão | 122 | 1:1,454 | |
| 195 | do Carmo | 122 | 1:1,454 | |
| 195 | Filipe | 122 | 1:1,454 | |
| 195 | S | 122 | 1:1,454 | |
| 195 | Vila | 122 | 1:1,454 | |
| 200 | Da | 121 | 1:1,466 | |
| 200 | Pequeno | 121 | 1:1,466 | |