Esperancia Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Congo

Esperancia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esperancia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Esperancia (808) may also be a first name.

Esperancia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Esperancia is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Esperancia.

How Common Is The Last Name Esperancia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Esperancia live; 20 percent live in Central Africa and 20 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 287,646th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 808 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Espírito Santo, where 100 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent live and Norway, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Esperanca951,171/
Esperancha901/
Esperança8420,823/
Esperanza8414,640/
Esperanco8439/
Eesperanza804/
Espereanza802/
Espperanza802/
Esperranza801/
Espperança801/
Esperandza801/
Eperanza785/
Esperanço74105/
Espiranza7417/
Esperanzo7411/
Ezperanza744/
Isperanza743/
Esperonza635/

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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 Esperancia
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