Gonçlaves Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gonçlaves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gonclaves (225) are calculated separately.
Gonçlaves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gonçlaves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gonçlaves occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Gonclaves. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gonçlaves? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Gonçlaves are found; 46 percent are found in South America and 46 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil Gonçlaves is most prevalent in: Minas Gerais, where 33 percent reside, São Paulo, where 33 percent reside and Ceará, where 17 percent reside. Besides Brazil this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 31 percent reside and Angola, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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