Fortalesa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Fortalesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Fortalesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortalesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fortalesa is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortalesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. Fortalesa is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Fortalesa live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 3,755,690. In Brazil Fortalesa is mostly found in: Bahia, where 26 percent live, Maranhão, where 16 percent live and Ceará, where 14 percent live. Excluding Brazil Fortalesa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortaleza | 89 | 6,994 | / |
| Fortalisa | 89 | 17 | / |
| Fortelesa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fortaleça | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fortaleca | 89 | 1 | / |
| Fortalezas | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fortalieza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fortalleza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Fortalza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fortaliza | 78 | 2,413 | / |
| Fortalejo | 78 | 26 | / |
| Fortaleze | 78 | 3 | / |
| Forteleza | 78 | 3 | / |
| Fortoleza | 78 | 2 | / |
| Fortaleche | 74 | 122 | / |
| Fortalizia | 74 | 1 | / |
| Forttaliza | 74 | 1 | / |
| Fortaleché | 74 | 1 | / |
| Furtaliza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fortolaso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fortelaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fortolaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fortolazo | 56 | 5 | / |
| Fortoliza | 56 | 1 | / |
| Forteliza | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vertolasa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vortolosso | 53 | 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
- 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 Fortalesa
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