Gonçalves Soares Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Gonçalves Soares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gonçalves 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
Cape Verde161:33,1031,244
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

The alternate forms: Goncalves Soares (28) are calculated separately.

Gonçalves Soares Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gonçalves Soares is found most frequently in Cape Verde. It may also be found in the variant forms: Goncalves Soares. For other possible spellings of Gonçalves Soares click here.

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

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gonçalves Soares reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Cape Verde, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 33,103. In Cape Verde it is most numerous in: Santiago, where 56 percent live, Fogo, where 38 percent live and Maio, where 6 percent live. Not including Cape Verde this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 11 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 Soares9828/
Gonçalves-Soares941/
Goncalves-Soares882/
Gancalves Soares881/

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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
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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 Soares
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