Goncalves Soares Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Goncalves Soares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Goncalves Soares Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France241:2,767,613196,808
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Gonçalves Soares (18) are calculated separately.

Goncalves Soares Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goncalves Soares is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gonçalves Soares. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goncalves Soares? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Goncalves Soares are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in France, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,767,613. In France Goncalves Soares is most numerous in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 54 percent live, Île-de-France, where 38 percent live and Occitanie, where 4 percent live. Beside France it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cape Verde, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonçalves Soares9818/
Goncalves-Soares942/
Gancalves Soares941/
Gonçalves-Soares881/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Goncalves Soares
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis