Afonso Mendes Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Afonso Mendes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Afonso Mendes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1921:1,114,97038,938
Cape Verde141:37,8321,392
France21:33,211,361423,184
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686

Afonso Mendes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afonso Mendes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Afonso Mendes is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afonso Mendes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,148,257th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Afonso Mendes reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 1,114,970. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 32 percent reside, São Paulo, where 19 percent reside and Goiás, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cape Verde, where 7 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affonso Mendes968/
Afonso Mendez922/
Evans Mendes802/
Afonso Amintas742/

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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
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  • 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 Mendes
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