Páscoa

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Easter

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Páscoa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 934K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 3.5M
  • BEBelgium1 in 12M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

9 people, 2024

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 934K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pascoa in AR Argentina, US United States, VE Venezuela and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Easter

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Páscoa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Páscoa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland91 in 934K9—2
NL Netherlands51 in 3.5M5Pascoa3
BE Belgium11 in 12M1——
AR Argentina———Pascoa18
US United States——listedPascoa22
VE Venezuela———Pascoa4

9 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Páscoa is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Pascôa, Pascoa

  • Portuguese surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Portuguese, English, German

    Also written Pascoa

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Portugal, Belgium

    Also written Pascoa

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Pascoa

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pascoa

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pascoa

6 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Páscoa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20247#79,838

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Páscoa mean, and where does it come from?
Easter Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Páscoa?
In the etymology graph, Quaresma is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Páscoa have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 9 people named Páscoa, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Páscoa most common?
Páscoa is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 934 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Páscoa?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 9 people named Páscoa in 2024, about 1 in 934 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Páscoa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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