Conceição (family name)
Conceição is a family name from the Portuguese-speaking area .
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the Portuguese salutation of the Virgin Mary ( Nossa Senhora da Conceição ; German: Our Lady of Conception ), which alludes to her immaculate conception .
In 2010, around 100,000 people in Brazil bore the name. In the state of Bahia , the name is one of the five most common surnames with Santos , Jesus , Santana and Nascimento, which together carry around 31% of the population.
Name bearer
- Alessandro da Conceição Pinto (* 1977), Brazilian soccer player
- Amadeu Paulo Samuel da Conceição (* 1960), Mozambican diplomat
- Ana da Conceição Ribeiro (* 1967), East Timorese politician
- Anselmo da Conceição (* 1957), East Timorese politician
- António da Conceição (* 1964), East Timorese politician
- Carolina Conceição Martins de Pereira (* 1983; called Carol ), Brazilian soccer player
- Cornélio da Conceição Gama (* 1945), East Timorese freedom fighter and politician
- Elpídio Barbosa Conceição (* 1974), Brazilian soccer player
- Emerson da Conceição (* 1986), Brazilian soccer player
- Estanislau da Conceição Aleixo Maria da Silva (* 1952), East Timorese politician, see Estanislau da Silva
- Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (* 1970), Portuguese-German political scientist
- Flávio Conceição (* 1974), Brazilian soccer player
- Florentina da Conceição Pereira Martins Smith (* 1958), East Timorese politician
- Hebert Conceição (* 1998), Brazilian boxer
- Ilda Maria da Conceição (* 1957), East Timorese politician
- Jacinto da Conceição , Dominican and colonial administrator
- José Rodrigues da Conceição (* 1919), Portuguese football player
- José Telles da Conceição (1931–1974), Brazilian athlete
- Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos (1876–1955), Portuguese clergyman, Archbishop of Évora
- Osório Florindo da Conceição Costa (* 1966), East Timorese politician
- Robson Conceição (* 1988), Brazilian boxer
- Ronivaldo Conceição (* 1972), Brazilian squash player
- Sérgio Conceição (* 1974), Portuguese football player
- Vicente da Conceição , East Timorese freedom fighter
Web links
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