Esperanca Surname

319,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Esperanca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esperanca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,0311:207,6387,998
United States431:8,429,278367,833
France271:2,460,101186,232
India121:63,922,115578,870
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
England101:5,571,806158,774
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Panama41:978,06412,245
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Esperança (20,823) are calculated separately.

Esperanca (14,785) may also be a first name.

Esperanca Last Name Facts

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

The surname Esperanca is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Esperança. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Esperanca? popularity and diffusion

Esperanca is the 319,360th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,223,353 people. The surname Esperanca occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Esperanca are found; 89 percent are found in South America and 88 percent are found in Luso-South America. Esperanca is also the 46,854th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 14,785 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,031 people, or 1 in 207,638. In Brazil Esperanca is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 42 percent live, Paraná, where 15 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 15 percent live. Outside of Brazil it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Esperanca Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Esperanca last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Esperanca earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.08% less than the national average, earning $43,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.39% more than the national average, earning $72,232 CAD per year.

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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 Esperanca
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