Fonseka Surname

9,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57,222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Fonseka Surname User-submission:

Fonseka is a Sri Lankan surname, derived from the Portuguese Fonseca.

Fonseka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka53,7941:38740
India5561:1,379,61453,262
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
United Arab Emirates3401:26,9483,000
Oman3091:11,9351,415
Australia2531:106,70211,948
England2191:254,42020,501
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Qatar1901:12,4111,349
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Canada1111:331,94230,257
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Malaysia541:546,18926,882
Portugal471:221,6658,706
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Seychelles291:3,186566
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
France121:5,535,227269,324
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Senegal71:2,082,7634,662
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Maldives61:67,3622,983
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Wales51:618,90625,852
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415

Fonseka (22) may also be a first name.

Fonseka Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Fonseka is a Sri Lankan surname, derived from the Portuguese Fonseca.

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Fonseka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fonseka (Marathi: फोन्सेका, Russian: Фонсека) is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fonseka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,851st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,356 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Fonseka are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Fonseka is also the 2,301,746th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 22 people.

This last name is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 53,794 people, or 1 in 387. Excluding Sri Lanka it is found in 62 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.

Fonseka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fonseka are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fonseka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.39% less than the national average, earning R 25,224 per year; in United States they earn 18.05% more than the national average, earning $50,936 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.5% more than the national average, earning $55,895 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fonseka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fonseka in the Marathi language
फोन्सेकाphonseka85.3
फोनसेकाphonaseka7.28
फॉन्सेकाphonseka5.82
फॉनसेकाphonaseka0.58
फोनसेकphonaseka0.29
फ़ोन्सेकाfonseka0.29
फ़ेन्सेकाfenseka0.29
फॉन्सेकphonseka0.15
Fonseka in the Russian language
Фонсекаfonseka-

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