Gomes Fonseca Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Gomes Fonseca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 420 | 1:509,701 | 19,169 |
| Cape Verde | 8 | 1:66,205 | 2,334 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
Gomes Fonseca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gomes Fonseca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gomes Fonseca occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gomes Fonseca? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 680,882nd most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name Gomes Fonseca is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gomes Fonseca live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 509,701. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 24 percent live, São Paulo, where 17 percent live and Bahia, where 11 percent live. Barring Brazil this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomes Affonseca | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gomes Fonceca | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gomez Fonseca | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gomez-Fonseca | 85 | 2 | / |
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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 Gomes Fonseca
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