Dias Fonseca Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

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

Dias Fonseca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dias Fonseca 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
Brazil1721:1,244,61842,789
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686

Dias Fonseca Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dias Fonseca Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dias Fonseca is found most in Brazil. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dias Fonseca? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,290,735th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. Dias Fonseca is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Dias Fonseca are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 1,244,618. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Minas Gerais, where 32 percent reside, São Paulo, where 25 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent reside. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 1 percent reside and Germany, 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
das Fonseca963/
Ddias Fonseca962/
Dias-Fonseca921/
Dasfonseca912/
dos Fonseca872/
Diazfonseca872/
Diasfonseka871/
Dasfonsecca871/
Dhissy Fonseca851/
Dhiessy Fonseca811/
de Assi Fonseca811/
de Sa Fonseca8010/
Tissi Fonseca802/
Tassi Fonseca801/
do Ceu Fonseca6915/
do Ceo Fonseca692/
do Céu Fonseca691/
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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 Dias Fonseca
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