Alves da Costa Surname
Approximately 6,896 people bear this surname
Alves da Costa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6,590 | 1:32,485 | 1,374 |
| France | 223 | 1:297,860 | 45,546 |
| Luxembourg | 37 | 1:15,690 | 3,536 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Alves da Costa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alves da Costa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alves da Costa is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alves da Costa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,589th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,056,779 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Alves da Costa live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name Alves da Costa is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 6,590 people, or 1 in 32,485. In Brazil Alves da Costa is most common in: São Paulo, where 17 percent live, Goiás, where 9 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live and Luxembourg, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alves Dacosta | 96 | 10 | / |
| Alvez da Costa | 93 | 42 | / |
| Alves de Costa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Alvesdacosta | 92 | 4 | / |
| Alves-Dacosta | 89 | 1 | / |
| Alves da Costa Wai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Olivas da Costa | 76 | 2 | / |
| Olivies-Dequezata | 52 | 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 Alves da Costa
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