The Nascimento surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,829 people carried this name — #11,179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 52% from 1,865 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nascimento surname
From Portuguese Nascimento, from nascimento (“birth”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nascimento» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 536 people named Nascimento 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
532 people named Nascimento live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 70 people named Nascimento.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Gard.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Nascimento live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Nascimento is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Nascimento in American newspapers,
1906–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 941 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nascimento,
with a public archive behind them.
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João Cabral do Nascimento 1897–1978 · writer -
Mário Nascimento 1902–1968 · poet -
Rui de Carvalho Nascimento 1914–2012 · chess player -
Kit Nascimento 1932– · politician -
Geraldo Nascimento 1936–2022 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 250 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nascimento.
- Nardini 843 · U.S. census
- Nardo 821 · U.S. census
- Nardone 3,180 · U.S. census
- Narducci 915 · U.S. census
- Narduzzi 160 · U.S. census
- Nardy 113 · U.S. census
- Nash 58,714 · U.S. census
- Nasi 296 · U.S. census
- Naso 743 · U.S. census
- Nasri 277 · U.S. census
- Nass 2,060 · U.S. census
- Nassar 3,377 · U.S. census
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