Goncaves Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Goncaves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 488 | 1:438,677 | 16,623 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Gonçaves (161) are calculated separately.
Goncaves Demographics
Average Goncaves Salary in
United States
$13,946 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Goncaves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goncaves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goncaves occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gonçaves. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goncaves? popularity and diffusion
Goncaves is the 615,220th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name Goncaves occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Goncaves live; 98 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 438,677. In Brazil Goncaves is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 21 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent reside and Bahia, where 9 percent reside. Beside Brazil it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Goncaves Last Name Statistics demography
Goncaves earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.68% less than the national average, earning $13,946 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonçaves | 96 | 161 | / |
| Goncaives | 94 | 9 | / |
| Goncauves | 94 | 8 | / |
| Goncasves | 94 | 4 | / |
| Goncaaves | 94 | 2 | / |
| Goncaçves | 94 | 2 | / |
| Goncaveis | 94 | 2 | / |
| Goncajves | 94 | 1 | / |
| Goncave | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gonsaves | 88 | 62 | / |
| Gonzaves | 88 | 4 | / |
| Goncavez | 88 | 3 | / |
| Goncavis | 88 | 3 | / |
| Goncabes | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gonsaives | 82 | 7 | / |
| Gonçasves | 82 | 4 | / |
| Gonçauves | 82 | 3 | / |
| Gonsauves | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gonsaveis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gonçaives | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gonsahves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gonjhaves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ghonsaves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gancaives | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gonçaçves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gonsavis | 75 | 24 | / |
| Gonzavis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gonzavez | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gonsavez | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gansaves | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gonçavez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ghonsavis | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gonsavhis | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gonsasvis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gonzaivez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonkavi | 67 | 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
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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 Goncaves
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