Taváres
surname · Latin script
Taváres is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Angola than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common surname. Recorded meaning: seven minor places so called, first recorded in the forms Taavares and Thalavares. It is probably a deriv. of the personal name Talavus (see Talavera).
- CVCape Verde≈1 in 39(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 210
- AOAngola≈1 in 430
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Taváres itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Angola (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 344 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 39 (inferred from the name graph)
≈89,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cape Verde, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Tavares in US United States, PT Portugal, MX Mexico and 3 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)seven minor places so called, first recorded in the forms Taavares and Thalavares. It is probably a deriv. of the personal name Talavus (see Talavera). Vars.: Teal(l) Tear see McIntyre Tearall see Tyrrell
Cited for this meaning 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Taváres is found
(measured from records)Taváres 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO Angola | #37 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 426 | 3 | Tavares | 53 |
| PT Portugal | #38 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 214 | — | Tavares | 182 |
| CV Cape Verde | #2 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 39 | 24 | Tavares | 54 |
| US United States | — | 12,766 | 1 in 26K | 13K | Tavares | 344 |
| MX Mexico | #988 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 125 | Tavares | 122 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #192 | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Tavares | 44 |
| GW Guinea-Bissau | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 640 | 16K | — | 16 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); A comprehensive look at the most common surnames in Guinea-Bissau, compiled by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística de; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; CNE — Listas concorrentes (Eleicoes Legislativas 2026). 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).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Taváres mean, and where does it come from?
- seven minor places so called, first recorded in the forms Taavares and Thalavares. It is probably a deriv. of the personal name Talavus (see Talavera). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Taváres?
- Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Taváres in Angola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tavares. After it come Portugal, Cape Verde, United States and Mexico; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Taváres?
- In the United States, the national register counted 12,766 people named Taváres in 2010, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
- How common is Taváres compared with other names?
- In Angola, Taváres is the 37th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Taváres” — the 37th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.