de Mendonça Surname

510,276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Mendonça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Mendonça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3261:656,67024,248
Portugal1421:73,3683,778
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
England221:2,532,63991,802
Cape Verde191:27,8761,056
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
São Tomé and Príncipe121:14,785874
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France51:13,284,544357,392
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
China31:455,773,85521,925
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: de Mendonca (36,971) are calculated separately.

de Mendonça Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Mendonça Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Mendonça is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear as: de Mendonca. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mendonça? popularity and diffusion

It is the 510,276th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,369,026 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of de Mendonça live; 53 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Luso-South America.

de Mendonça is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 656,670. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 33 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 21 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.

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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
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