Alphonso Forename
Approximately 24,120 people bear this name
Alphonso Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Adalfuns, compound of athal ‘noble’ and funsa ‘ready', ‘apt’. It was carried to Spain by the Visigoths, and was borne by a series of kings of Asturias and Leon who in the 8th and 9th C fought successfully against the Moors.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 11,751 | 1:30,852 | 2,107 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5,428 | 1:813 | 155 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,897 | 1:25,484 | 1,968 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Jamaica | - | 466 | 1:6,187 | 882 |
| South Africa | 99% | 459 | 1:118,808 | 9,090 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 262 | 1:677,727 | 19,206 |
| Bahamas | - | 232 | 1:1,721 | 403 |
| Zambia | - | 206 | 1:76,965 | 4,054 |
| England | 100% | 201 | 1:276,631 | 7,230 |
| India | 85% | 164 | 1:7,407,793 | 247,350 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 96 | 1:1,143 | 234 |
| Canada | 100% | 85 | 1:389,804 | 11,242 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 72 | 1:18,909 | 2,304 |
| Congo | 100% | 72 | 1:69,572 | 4,957 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 58 | 1:1,714 | 364 |
| Philippines | 100% | 57 | 1:1,859,815 | 42,253 |
| Guyana | 100% | 53 | 1:14,401 | 1,961 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| France | 100% | 46 | 1:1,445,007 | 9,676 |
| Haiti | - | 42 | 1:255,404 | 10,960 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Belgium | 100% | 29 | 1:396,208 | 7,054 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 22 | 1:1,384,088 | 44,593 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 22 | 1:768,276 | 15,209 |
| Indonesia | - | 15 | 1:17,197,578 | 460,669 |
| Panama | 100% | 14 | 1:279,040 | 9,506 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 14 | 1:1,543,607 | 35,722 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12 | 1:17,853,013 | 181,068 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Singapore | - | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Germany | - | 8 | 1:12,084,734 | 38,839 |
| Russia | 100% | 7 | 1:20,604,815 | 59,831 |
| Mexico | - | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Thailand | - | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Ireland | 80% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
Alphonso (6,779) may also be a surname.
Alphonso Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Adalfuns, compound of athal ‘noble’ and funsa ‘ready', ‘apt’. It was carried to Spain by the Visigoths, and was borne by a series of kings of Asturias and Leon who in the 8th and 9th C fought successfully against the Moors. From that time Alfonso or Alonso has been a favourite name in Spain and has been borrowed occasionally in other countries.
M. A discredited name of which the Italian and Spanish form is Alfonso. ‘Eager for battle’ (might one murmur, ‘Stout fellow’?) being its signification, it is remotely descended from Hildebrand, q. v.
This name is usually derived from the Gothic helpuns (say hialp-uns), our help; but to arrive at the origin of the name we must compare it with the Spanish names Ildefónso, Alfónso, Alónso, which all represent Alphonso. Now, the second has been abbreviated from the first, and the third from the second. The name Ildefónso is derived from the Old German saint-name Hildefons, or, as some write it, Hildefuns. The latter has been rendered ‘battle-eager.’ I do not find such a word as funs or fons in any of the Gotho-Teutonic languages. Schulze’s Gothic Lexicon has fon = πνρ, and Yerelius gives fun, fon, ignis. But Hildefuns has been most probably corrupted from the name Hildulphus (usually Hidulphus), signifying ‘noble help or helper,’ from hild noble, and ulph. It was from St. Hidulphus that the village of Stilfs had its name: hence the Stilsfer Joch, Italianised to Stelvio.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Eager for the fray: all ready: willing.
Alphonso Forename Popularity
Alphonso Demographics
Average Alphonso Salary in
United States
$40,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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