Origin and popularity of the name JOAO

Origin

Joao : Portugues (João): from the personal name João an equivalent of John.

Anes : Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from a shortened form of the Latin personal name Johannes (Portuguese João Galician Xoán; see John).

Eanes : 1: English (Hampshire): probably a variant of Heanes with loss of initial H- itself a variant of Heane with post-medieval excrescent -s a nickname from Middle English hen(e) heine ‘poor needy wretched’ (Old English hēan). Eanes is now rare in Britain and in the US is found predominantly in VA.2: Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from the Latin personal name Johannes (Portuguese João Galician Xoán; see John).

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 17,644 individuals with the name JOAO on Geneanet.

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