The Tavares surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 10,583 people carried this name — #3,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,911 people named Tavares live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 366 people named Tavares.
Most of them — 269 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Rhône.
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 print
Tavares in American newspapers,
1903–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,109 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tavares,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jorge Avilez 1785–1845 · military personnel -
Simão Infante de Lacerda de Sousa Tavares 1793–1838 · politician -
Malvina Tavares 1866–1939 · writer -
Joachim da Silva Tavares 1866–1931 · naturalist -
Eugénio Tavares 1867–1930 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tavares.
- Tatti 196 · U.S. census
- Tatu 249 · U.S. census
- Taupier 158 · U.S. census
- Tauriac 112 · U.S. census
- Tauzin 538 · U.S. census
- Tavano 425 · U.S. census
- Tave 317 · U.S. census
- Tavel 301 · U.S. census
- Tavella 469 · U.S. census
- Tavera 2,325 · U.S. census
- Taverna 611 · U.S. census
- Tavernier 852 · U.S. census
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