Most common surnames in Cape Verde

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Cape Verde, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Lopes	29.009	6.8%
2	Gomes	23.353	5.4%
3	Mendes	20.334	4.7%
4	Tavares	17.939	4.2%
5	Monteiro	15.743	3.7%
6	Dos santos	14.332	3.3%
7	Silva	11.207	2.6%
8	Pereira	9.552	2.2%
9	Semedo	9.538	2.2%
10	Fernandes	9.206	2.1%
11	Ramos	8.895	2.1%
12	Rodrigues	8.784	2%
13	Delgado	8.319	1.9%
14	Fortes	8.059	1.9%
15	Correia	7.899	1.8%
16	Andrade	7.579	1.8%
17	Varela	7.462	1.7%
18	Lima	7.447	1.7%
19	Da cruz	7.277	1.7%
20	Gonçalves	6.852	1.6%
21	De pina	6.454	1.5%
22	Soares	6.250	1.5%
23	Moreira	5.879	1.4%
24	Dias	5.840	1.4%
25	Rocha	5.839	1.4%
26	Borges	5.617	1.3%
27	Sanches	5.356	1.2%
28	Vieira	5.281	1.2%
29	Santos	5.258	1.2%
30	Da luz	4.881	1.1%

31	Pires	4.739	1.1%
32	Alves	4.664	1.1%
33	Vaz	4.563	1.1%
34	Da veiga	4.426	1%
35	Almeida	4.426	1%
36	Dos reis	4.334	1%
37	Cardoso	3.900	0.9%
38	Duarte	3.828	0.9%
39	Cabral	3.803	0.9%
40	Neves	3.760	0.9%
41	Furtado	3.733	0.9%
42	Brito	3.623	0.8%
43	Martins	3.592	0.8%
44	Da silva	3.343	0.8%
45	Do rosário	3.330	0.8%
46	Barbosa	2.970	0.7%
47	Sousa	2.859	0.7%
48	Moreno	2.816	0.7%
49	Fonseca	2.765	0.6%
50	Teixeira	2.723	0.6%
51	Nascimento	2.695	0.6%
52	Ferreira	2.640	0.6%
53	Oliveira	2.639	0.6%
54	Ribeiro	2.422	0.6%
55	De brito	2.250	0.5%
56	Da graça	2.087	0.5%
57	Barros	2.024	0.5%
58	Baptista	1.938	0.5%
59	De barros	1.797	0.4%
60	Pina	1.747	0.4%

61	Da costa	1.735	0.4%
62	De andrade	1.712	0.4%
63	Freire	1.701	0.4%
64	Carvalho	1.525	0.4%
65	Garcia	1.515	0.4%
66	Miranda	1.495	0.3%
67	évora	1.489	0.3%
68	Costa	1.433	0.3%
69	Pinto	1.432	0.3%
70	Morais	1.307	0.3%
71	Nunes	1.282	0.3%
72	Medina	1.271	0.3%
73	Da conceição	1.136	0.3%
74	De oliveira	1.046	0.2%
75	Landim	1.001	0.2%
76	De carvalho	876	0.2%
77	Moniz	867	0.2%
78	Conceio	861	0.2%
79	Mendonça	796	0.2%
80	Livramento	747	0.2%
81	Da moura	728	0.2%
82	Mota	709	0.2%
83	Barreto	696	0.2%
84	Centeio	676	0.2%
85	Horta	668	0.2%
86	Da rosa	651	0.2%
87	Veiga	634	0.1%
88	Leal	623	0.1%
89	Sequeira	583	0.1%
90	Chantre	571	0.1%

91	Baessa	568	0.1%
92	Cruz	563	0.1%
93	Araújo	546	0.1%
94	De sousa	529	0.1%
95	Domingos	510	0.1%
96	Afonso	510	0.1%
97	Robalo	491	0.1%
98	Marques	471	0.1%
99	Lobo	429	0.1%
100	De almeida	429	0.1%

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What are the most common surnames in Cape Verde?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Cape Verde is Lopes, with 29.009. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Cape Verde?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Cape Verde. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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