Fontseca Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Fontseca Surname User-submission:
It means "dry spring".
According to some onomastics researchers, name Fonseca is originally from the Catalan Fontseca, which means exactly "spring that is dry."
Has toponymic origin, ie the surname Fonseca was created in reference to a place; a patriarch who was known to be or come from a certain place.
Read More About This SurnameFontseca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 194 | 1:240,990 | 15,620 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fontseca Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It means "dry spring".
According to some onomastics researchers, name Fonseca is originally from the Catalan Fontseca, which means exactly "spring that is dry."
Has toponymic origin, ie the surname Fonseca was created in reference to a place; a patriarch who was known to be or come from a certain place.
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Where Does The Last Name Fontseca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fontseca is found most frequently in Spain. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fontseca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,194,481st most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Fontseca occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Fontseca are found; 98 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 98 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 240,990. In Spain it is most frequent in: Catalonia, where 99 percent live, Balearic Islands, where 1 percent live and Madrid, where 1 percent live. Excluding Spain this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonsceca | 88 | 31 | / |
| Foncseca | 88 | 2 | / |
| Fonceca | 80 | 3,748 | / |
| Fonzeca | 80 | 117 | / |
| Fonçeca | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fonceica | 75 | 11 | / |
| Foncheca | 75 | 4 | / |
| Fonceka | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fanceca | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fanzeca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foncica | 67 | 2 | / |
| Funceca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fonceci | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fondzeka | 63 | 58 | / |
| Fancheca | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fonchika | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fonzika | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fanzeco | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fancika | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fanceco | 53 | 1 | / |
| Funcika | 53 | 1 | / |
| Fanzica | 53 | 1 | / |
| Funchica | 50 | 285 | / |
| Fanzecco | 50 | 83 | / |
| Fonchyky | 50 | 9 | / |
| Fonchiki | 50 | 4 | / |
| Vonzesah | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fontseca
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