Fortes Sousa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Fortes Sousa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde | 11 | 1:48,149 | 1,796 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
Fortes Sousa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fortes Sousa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fortes Sousa is borne by more people in Cape Verde than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fortes Sousa.
How Common Is The Last Name Fortes Sousa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Fortes Sousa is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Fortes Sousa live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Luso-West Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 48,149. In Cape Verde Fortes Sousa is most numerous in: São Vicente, where 82 percent reside, Sal, where 9 percent reside and Santiago, where 9 percent reside. Barring Cape Verde this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 31 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortes Souza | 92 | 14 | / |
| Freitas Sousa | 80 | 138 | / |
| Furtuoso Sousa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fortes Assis | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fredes Souza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Freitas E Sousa | 74 | 5 | / |
| Fortes Zys | 73 | 2 | / |
| Freitas Souza | 72 | 231 | / |
| Fortes Isaias | 72 | 1 | / |
| Furtoso Souza | 72 | 1 | / |
| Fritz Souza | 70 | 1 | / |
| Frutuoso Sousa | 69 | 3 | / |
| Freitas E Souza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Frutuoso Souza | 62 | 5 | / |
| Fredes Saez | 61 | 1 | / |
| Freitas Zuza | 58 | 1 | / |
| Freitas Assis | 56 | 28 | / |
| Freitas Sasso | 56 | 1 | / |
| Vieira de Sousa Sa | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Fortes Sousa
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