Exclusive surnames in Brazil

Exclusive surnames are those that exist only in Brazil and are not found in any other country in the world. They are unique cultural heritage, reflecting the linguistic, geographical or historical isolation of the region. This table shows the 100 most common exclusive surnames.

#	Surname	Bearers	%
1	Henrique ferreira	30.335	11.4%
2	Henrique de oliveira	26.471	10%
3	Henrique de souza	24.081	9.1%
4	De fatima silva	19.753	7.4%
5	De fatima pereira	18.731	7%
6	Henrique souza	16.053	6%
7	De fatima alves	15.856	6%
8	Do socorro da silva	14.305	5.4%
9	De lourdes pereira	13.046	4.9%
10	De fatima oliveira	12.103	4.6%
11	Das gracas silva	11.864	4.5%
12	De lourdes ferreira	10.946	4.1%
13	Souza silva	4.625	1.7%
14	Guajajara	4.437	1.7%
15	Caboclo	4.163	1.6%
16	Ibiapina	2.415	0.9%
17	Pardinho	2.195	0.8%
18	Candida de jesus	1.998	0.8%
19	Bezerra de oliveira	1.370	0.5%
20	Ferreira de moraes	1.023	0.4%
21	Parnaiba	918	0.3%
22	Ludugero	862	0.3%
23	Souza vieira	822	0.3%
24	Silveira da silva	760	0.3%
25	Farrapo	737	0.3%
26	Bezerra gomes	726	0.3%
27	Souza cruz	707	0.3%
28	Correa leite	665	0.3%
29	Cavilha	660	0.2%
30	Jambeiro	621	0.2%

31	Soares leite	613	0.2%
32	Colvara	583	0.2%
33	De moura silva	576	0.2%
34	Ramaldes	567	0.2%
35	Schonardie	553	0.2%
36	Cordeiro silva	537	0.2%
37	Urzedo	523	0.2%
38	Bezerra leite	497	0.2%
39	Souza machado	486	0.2%
40	Martins bezerra	483	0.2%
41	Trintin	481	0.2%
42	De lanes	480	0.2%
43	Dalenogare	422	0.2%
44	Escossia	414	0.2%
45	Koaski	395	0.1%
46	Rubinho	389	0.1%
47	Costa rosa	387	0.1%
48	Pereira de mello	384	0.1%
49	Emboaba	381	0.1%
50	Dulcinea	380	0.1%
51	Fragnani	376	0.1%
52	Duminelli	373	0.1%
53	Gimaque	369	0.1%
54	Siqueira alves	368	0.1%
55	Alves de sena	364	0.1%
56	Gitirana	339	0.1%
57	Garcia de araujo	327	0.1%
58	Comerlatto	323	0.1%
59	Gandolpho	309	0.1%
60	Betanin	307	0.1%

61	Pozenato	305	0.1%
62	Caetite	305	0.1%
63	Bambinetti	303	0.1%
64	Costa viana	278	0.1%
65	Ericeira	277	0.1%
66	Braguin	277	0.1%
67	Forchesatto	272	0.1%
68	Otoboni	271	0.1%
69	Freitas barbosa	262	0.1%
70	Baleeiro	261	0.1%
71	Sviech	256	0.1%
72	Bispo da cruz	254	0.1%
73	Charpinel	253	0.1%
74	Tapudima	253	0.1%
75	Giacomitti	252	0.1%
76	Ostemberg	251	0.1%
77	Sonalio	250	0.1%
78	Feitosa silva	246	0.1%
79	Bopsin	243	0.1%
80	Barquete	237	0.1%
81	Chevonica	237	0.1%
82	Agertt	233	0.1%
83	Kaspchak	232	0.1%
84	Escariao	224	0.1%
85	Socreppa	222	0.1%
86	Almeida prado	221	0.1%
87	Dos santos arruda	221	0.1%
88	Berchior	217	0.1%
89	Caldeira brant	211	0.1%
90	De biazzi	211	0.1%

91	Umburanas	210	0.1%
92	Bez batti	210	0.1%
93	Amalcaburio	209	0.1%
94	Inhesta	209	0.1%
95	Pezzatto	206	0.1%
96	Santiago ribeiro	206	0.1%
97	Sviercoski	201	0.1%
98	Jaroseski	200	0.1%
99	Valnier	197	0.1%
100	Balabem	195	0.1%

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FAQs

What are exclusive surnames in Brazil?

Exclusive surnames are those that exist only in Brazil and are not found in any other country in the world according to our official census data. The most common exclusive surname is Henrique ferreira, with 30.335. registered bearers.

Why do exclusive surnames exist in Brazil?

Exclusive surnames typically arise from linguistic, geographical or historical isolation. They may also derive from local place names, traditional occupations or phonetic adaptations unique to the language and culture of Brazil.

Where does this data come from?

The data comes from official censuses and civil registries. A surname is considered exclusive when it appears in our records from only one country with verified bearers.

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