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 surname Esperancia occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Esperancia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name throughout the world, held by 808 people.

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

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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