# Nascimento (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nascimento/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,829 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,179 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,136 people |
| Change since 2000 | +52% (1,865 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Portuguese Nascimento, from nascimento (“birth”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nascimento in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nascimento in Brazil, Angola, Portugal and Bulgaria.

## People named Nascimento

- Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician
- Rhayner Santos Nascimento, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Leite Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Marcelo Nascimento da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Eduardo Nascimento, Angolan singer (1944–2019)
- Jefferson Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress, voice actress and model
- Matheus Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Paula Nascimento, Angolan architect and curator
- Fabíula Nascimento, Brazilian actress
- Bruno Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Luiz Felipe do Nascimento dos Santos, Brazilian footballer

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Nachman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.