Perestrelo
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pɛɾiʃtɾelu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Perestrelo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Portugal than in any other country.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 531K
- AOAngola≈1 in 153K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Portugal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈770 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Portugal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Perestrelo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT Portugal | #398 | ≈770 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Perestrelo | 71 |
| BR Brazil | — | 399 | 1 in 531K | 399 | Perestrelo | 63 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 153K | — | Perestrelo | 7 |
| FR France | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 654K | 14 | Perestrelo | 2 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 606K | — | Perestrelo | 10 |
| VE Venezuela | — | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 404K | — | Perestrelo | 8 |
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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Felipa Moniz de Perestrellob. 1451PTnot in their usual namePortuguese noble
- Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelob. 1510Portuguese navigator and cartographer
- Manuel de Olim Perestrelob. 1854PTPortuguese photographer (1854-1929)
- Manuel de Olim Perestrelob. 1892PTPortuguese photographer (1893-1980)
- Manuel Luís Câmara PerestreloPTPortuguese physician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 399 | #20,772 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- How do you pronounce Perestrelo?
- A machine transcription gives /pɛɾiʃtɾelu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Perestrelo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 770 people named Perestrelo in Portugal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled perestrelo.
- How common is the name Perestrelo?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 399 people named Perestrelo, about 1 in 531 thousand residents.
- How common is Perestrelo compared with other names?
- In Portugal, Perestrelo is the 398th most common surname of 45,564 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Perestrelo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/perestreloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Perestrelo” — the 398th most common surname in Portugal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.