Afonso Vaz Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Afonso Vaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 24 | 1:7,393 | 515 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
Afonso Vaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonso Vaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afonso Vaz is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonso Vaz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afonso Vaz is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Afonso Vaz live; 60 percent live in South America and 60 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 5,785,793. In Brazil Afonso Vaz is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 24 percent live, São Paulo, where 22 percent live and Pará, where 14 percent live. Outside of Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 39 percent live and Cape Verde, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affonso Vaz | 95 | 1 | / |
| Afonso H Vaz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afonso Fazio | 82 | 1 | / |
| Afonso Vassao | 78 | 1 | / |
| Afonso-Aviz | 76 | 1 | / |
| Afonso Fiuza | 73 | 4 | / |
| Evianes Vaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afanasjevas | 57 | 14 | / |
| Avanesovs | 53 | 10 | / |
| Afonicevs | 53 | 3 | / |
| Ivanisovs | 53 | 1 | / |
| Afanasjevs | 50 | 582 | / |
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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 Vaz
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