Afonso dos Santos Surname
Approximately 876 people bear this surname
Afonso dos Santos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 848 | 1:252,446 | 9,727 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 23 | 1:7,714 | 535 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
Afonso dos Santos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonso dos Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afonso dos Santos has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonso dos Santos? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 401,066th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,319,116 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Afonso dos Santos are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 252,446. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 19 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 16 percent reside and Pará, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 3 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affonso dos Santos | 97 | 72 | / |
| Afhonso dos Santos | 97 | 1 | / |
| Evans dos Santos | 85 | 11 | / |
| Evanns dos Santos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Avansi dos Santos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Evansue dos Santos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Evens dos Santos | 79 | 1 | / |
| Avanci dos Santos | 76 | 1 | / |
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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 Afonso dos Santos
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