Nascimento (surname)

Nascimento or do Nascimento (Portuguese pronunciation: [naʃi'me᷉tu], meaning birth) is a common Portuguese surname that refers to the birth of Jesus Christ.[1]

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Nascimento.

It may also originate from the Dutch surname Nassau.[1]

Statistics

In 2004, about 0.39% of the Portuguese population bore the surname Nascimento.[2]

According to Forebears.io, Nascimento is the 571st most common surname in the world and is most prevalent in Brazil.[3]

Notable people with this surname

Brazilian footballers

References
  1. Giacometti, Fabiana Aparecida Prenhaca (2019). O Nome do Homem Casado [The Name of the Married Man] (PDF) (PhD) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Araraquara, São Paulo: São Paulo State University. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. "Os 100 Apelidos mais frequentes da População Portuguesa" [The 100 Most Common Portuguese Surnames] (PDF) (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013.
  3. "Nascimento Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". Forebears. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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