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IBGE Releases First National Surname Ranking From 2022 Census, Updates ‘Nomes do Brasil’

Built on 2022 census data, the interactive lets the public explore name frequencies by place, sex or birth period.

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Overview

  • Silva (34,030,104) ranks first nationwide, followed by Santos (21,367,475), with Maria (about 12.2 million) and José (about 5.1 million) leading given names.
  • The database spans roughly 203 million residents in 90.7 million households across all 27 states and 5,570 municipalities.
  • IBGE recorded more than 140,000 distinct given names and over 200,000 surnames, and lists 4,309 names used by at most 20 people under confidentiality rules.
  • Results show marked regional variation, including Santos as the most common surname in Bahia with about 3.7 million occurrences despite Silva leading nationally.
  • Silva appears in 16.76% of Brazilians’ identifications, with especially high concentrations reported in parts of the Northeast.