How common is the surname Nascimento?

2,829 people in the United States had the surname Nascimento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nascimento?

Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician, followed by Rhayner Santos Nascimento.

Where is the surname Nascimento most common?

Wikidata records people named Nascimento in Brazil, Angola and Portugal and 1 other country.

Is the surname Nascimento getting more or less common?

More common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Nascimento

A surname, carried by 2,829 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex N255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nascimento is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,829 people named Nascimento in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,865.

#11,179

rank among US surnames

2,829

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+51.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213

Who is named Nascimento

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Nascimento identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nascimentos

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Milton Nascimento
Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician, born 1942
Rhayner Santos Nascimento
Brazilian association football player, born 1990
Matheus Leite Nascimento
Brazilian footballer, born 1983
Marcelo Nascimento da Costa
Brazilian footballer, born 1984
Eduardo Nascimento
Angolan singer (1944–2019)
Jefferson Nascimento
Brazilian footballer, born 1988
Débora Nascimento
Brazilian actress, voice actress and model, born 1985
Matheus Nascimento
Brazilian footballer, born 2004
Paula Nascimento
Angolan architect and curator, born 1981
Fabíula Nascimento
Brazilian actress, born 1978
Bruno Nascimento
Brazilian footballer, born 1991
Luiz Felipe do Nascimento dos Santos
Brazilian footballer, born 1993

Notable Nascimentos come mostly from Brazil (12), Angola (2) and Portugal (1).

Questions

Where does the surname Nascimento come from?: From Portuguese Nascimento, from nascimento (“birth”).
How common is the surname Nascimento?: 2,829 people in the United States had the surname Nascimento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nascimento?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Nascimento identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nascimento?: Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician, followed by Rhayner Santos Nascimento.
Where is the surname Nascimento most common?: Wikidata records people named Nascimento in Brazil, Angola and Portugal and 1 other country.
Is the surname Nascimento getting more or less common?: More common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 52%.