Gonçaves Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Gonçaves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Goncaves (501) are calculated separately.
Gonçaves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonçaves Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gonçaves is found most in Portugal. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Goncaves. For other possible spellings of Gonçaves click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonçaves? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Gonçaves live; 47 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent live in Iberian Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 138,910. Aside from Portugal Gonçaves occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 37 percent reside and Angola, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goncaves | 96 | 501 | / |
| Gonçasves | 94 | 4 | / |
| Gonçauves | 94 | 3 | / |
| Gonçaives | 94 | 2 | / |
| Gonçaçves | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gonsaves | 88 | 62 | / |
| Gonzaves | 88 | 4 | / |
| Gonçavez | 88 | 1 | / |
| Goncaives | 82 | 9 | / |
| Goncauves | 82 | 8 | / |
| Gonsaives | 82 | 7 | / |
| Goncaaves | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gonsaveis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Goncaveis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gonsauves | 82 | 2 | / |
| Goncajves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gonjhaves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gonsahves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ghonsaves | 82 | 1 | / |
| Goncave | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonzave | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonjave | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonsavis | 75 | 24 | / |
| Gonzavis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Goncavis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Goncavez | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gonzavez | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gonsavez | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gansaves | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goncabes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ghonsavis | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gonsavhis | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gonsasvis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gonzaivez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gancaives | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ganjave | 67 | 1,846 | / |
| Gonsavi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gonzava | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gonjavi | 67 | 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 Gonçaves
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