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    Portuguese surnames

    71 surnames that come from Portuguese, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Silva, Rocha, Acevedo.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Silva 163 161,633
    2 Rocha 613 55,251
    3 Acevedo 665 51,351
    4 Duarte 808 42,983
    5 Pereira 1,175 29,898
    6 Ferreira 1,260 27,898
    7 Prado 1,533 23,436
    8 Oliveira 1,887 19,055
    9 Pimentel 1,671 21,579
    10 Medeiros 1,889 19,031
    11 Abreu 2,008 17,998
    12 Almeida 2,166 16,760
    13 Sousa 2,370 15,377
    14 Borges 2,908 12,337
    15 Tavares 2,825 12,766
    16 Soares 3,069 11,694
    17 Carvalho 3,302 10,877
    18 Fortune 3,051 11,748
    19 Vieira 3,425 10,420
    20 Freitas 3,270 11,041
    21 Mendes 3,514 10,162
    22 Goncalves 4,437 8,000
    23 Camargo 3,689 9,626
    24 Teixeira 3,994 8,895
    25 Camara 4,263 8,324
    26 Aguiar 4,227 8,390
    27 Garrido 4,124 8,605
    28 Silveira 5,545 6,267
    29 Pires 5,986 5,746
    30 Coelho 6,124 5,593
    31 Moniz 5,958 5,775
    32 Peres 6,420 5,294
    33 Botelho 7,084 4,726
    34 Arruda 7,351 4,532
    35 Braga 9,557 3,402
    36 Pinheiro 12,652 2,445
    37 Ponte 10,894 2,924
    38 Figueiredo 12,670 2,439
    39 Branco 11,293 2,797
    40 Nogueira 15,074 1,957
    41 Colorado 11,810 2,650
    42 Lourenco 16,593 1,728
    43 Rapoza 15,386 1,906
    44 Raposa 18,166 1,532
    45 Vasconcelos 20,088 1,330
    46 Veiga 18,640 1,476
    47 Dacruz 20,382 1,304
    48 Deniz 19,379 1,395
    49 Veloso 22,906 1,117
    50 Damas 20,553 1,290
    51 Coutinho 26,516 920
    52 Conceicao 34,272 662
    53 Diniz 34,967 645
    54 Madeira 21,940 1,183
    55 Sampaio 32,438 709
    56 Peixoto 28,437 839
    57 Guedes 33,316 686
    58 Ferraz 34,967 645
    59 Dosreis 33,645 677
    60 Ramalho 39,555 556
    61 Galvao 36,204 619
    62 Taborda 30,442 767
    63 Pessoa 41,100 530
    64 Honorato 38,640 572
    65 Lomba 34,223 663
    66 Naves 35,764 628
    67 Noronha 40,082 547
    68 Basto 37,955 585
    69 Carris 40,082 547
    70 Pinela 40,976 532
    71 Alencar 85,357 219