IBGE Publishes First National Surname Ranking From Census 2022 as Maria and José Lead Given Names

Overview

• Silva tops the national surname list with 34,030,104 records (16.76%), followed by Santos (21,367,475; 10.52%) and Oliveira (11,708,947; 5.77%).
• Maria remains the most common given name with about 12.2 million records, while José leads among men with about 5.1 million.
• The dataset covers roughly 203 million people in 90.7 million households, counts names and surnames separately, standardizes variants and diacritics, and withholds names with fewer than 20 occurrences (4,309 such names).
• The platform offers national, state and municipal rankings, decade-by-decade views and international comparisons through interactive tools.
• Regional patterns vary: despite Silva leading nationally, Santos ranks first in Bahia, while state-level leaders differ elsewhere.