Fogaça Surname

349,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Fogaça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fogaça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil9281:230,6848,921
Portugal941:110,8325,195
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Macau11:601,6301,582
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Fogaca (23,878) are calculated separately.

Fogaça Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fogaça is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Fogaca. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fogaça? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fogaça is the 349,113th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,967,061 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Fogaça are found; 89 percent are found in South America and 89 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Fogaça is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 928 people, or 1 in 230,684. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 54 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 14 percent live and Paraná, where 12 percent live. Barring Brazil it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fogaca9423,878/
Fogasa8397/
Fogaza8322/
Fogaço831/
Fogassa77863/
Fogazza77219/
Fogacia7716/
Fougaca777/
Foggaca772/
Fogasay771/
Fogaco6771/
Fagaca6725/
Fagasa679/
Fogoca677/
Fogosa674/
Fogoxa673/
Fogaso671/
Fagaza671/

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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 Fogaça
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