Afonseca Surname
Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname
Afonseca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 566 | 1:18,407 | 1,320 |
| Brazil | 315 | 1:679,601 | 25,063 |
| Cape Verde | 115 | 1:4,606 | 189 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Afonseca Demographics
Average Afonseca Salary in
United States
$27,893 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afonseca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonseca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afonseca occurs in Portugal more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afonseca.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonseca? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afonseca is the 337,263rd most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,673,577 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Afonseca live; 52 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 52 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Afonseca is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is held by 566 people, or 1 in 18,407. Barring Portugal it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 29 percent reside and Cape Verde, where 11 percent reside.
Afonseca Last Name Statistics demography
Afonseca earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.36% less than the national average, earning $27,893 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affonseca | 94 | 145 | / |
| Afonsecca | 94 | 1 | / |
| D'Afonseca | 89 | 7 | / |
| D'Affonseca | 84 | 6 | / |
| Affonsêca | 82 | 1 | / |
| Afonsike | 75 | 105 | / |
| Afoncesa | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'affonsêca | 74 | 3 | / |
| Affonsike | 71 | 3 | / |
| Afoncheko | 59 | 3 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Afonseca
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