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

Esperancia is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Esperancia? popularity and diffusion

Esperancia is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 held given name globally It is held by 808 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil Esperancia is primarily concentrated in: Espírito Santo, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 20 percent are found and Norway, where 20 percent are found.

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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