Gonçalves dos Santos Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Gonçalves dos Santos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gonçalves dos Santos 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
Cape Verde31:176,5474,737
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Goncalves dos Santos (135) are calculated separately.

Gonçalves dos Santos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gonçalves dos Santos Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gonçalves dos Santos occurs more in Cape Verde more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Goncalves dos Santos. For other potential spellings of Gonçalves dos Santos click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gonçalves dos Santos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Gonçalves dos Santos is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Gonçalves dos Santos are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Luso-West Africa.

Gonçalves dos Santos is most commonly held in Cape Verde, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 176,547. In Cape Verde it is most common in: Brava, where 33 percent live, Maio, where 33 percent live and Santiago, where 33 percent live. Outside of Cape Verde this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 20 percent live and Switzerland, where 20 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
Goncalves dos Santos98135/
Gongalves dos Santos951/
Gonacalves dos Santos931/
Goncalvaes dos Santos931/
Gonclves dos Santos921/
Concalves dos Santos901/
Goncalvez dos Santos901/
Goncalves-dos Santos901/
Gancalves dos Santos901/
Goncalvis dos Santos901/
Goncalves-Dos-Santos851/
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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 Gonçalves dos Santos
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