Alves Gonçalves Surname

234,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Alves Gonçalves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alves Gonçalves 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
Brazil1,7051:125,5574,761
Cape Verde121:44,1371,620
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

The alternate forms: Alves Goncalves (73) are calculated separately.

Alves Gonçalves Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alves Gonçalves Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Alves Gonçalves is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Alves Goncalves. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alves Gonçalves? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 234,353rd most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,239,410 people. Alves Gonçalves is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Alves Gonçalves live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,705 people, or 1 in 125,557. In Brazil Alves Gonçalves is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 23 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 18 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent live. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

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
Alves Goncalves9873/
Alvesgonçalves971/
Alvesgoncalves901/
Alves-Goncalves873/
Alves Concalves872/

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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 Gonçalves
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