The Azevedo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,014 people carried this name — #5,762 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 5,307 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Azevedo surname
From Old Galician-Portuguese *azevedo (“a place with an abundance of hollies”), from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevo (“holly”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Azevedo» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,071 people named Azevedo live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 184 people named Azevedo.
Most of them — 117 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 137 people named Azevedo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Azevedo in American newspapers,
1848–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,570 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Azevedo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Inácio de Azevedo 1526–1570 · missionary -
Manuel de Azevedo Fortes 1660–1749 · architect -
José Pegado de Azevedo 1750–1812 · Catholic priest -
António de Araújo e Azevedo, 1st Count of Barca 1754–1817 · politician -
Jules Azevedo 1795–1860 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 189 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Azevedo.
When the index is not enough
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