Mendes Alves Surname
Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname
Mendes Alves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 960 | 1:222,994 | 8,628 |
| Cape Verde | 28 | 1:18,916 | 708 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mendes Alves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendes Alves Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mendes Alves occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendes Alves? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mendes Alves is the 357,784th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,186,929 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Mendes Alves are found; 95 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 960 people, or 1 in 222,994. In Brazil Mendes Alves is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 23 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 21 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cape Verde, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendez Alves | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mendes-Alves | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mendes Laves | 92 | 1 | / |
| Montes Alves | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mendes Elvas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mendoza Alves | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mendes Laviso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mantesso Alves | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mandsalvas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mendes Leivas | 72 | 1 | / |
| Monteze Alves | 72 | 1 | / |
| Mendoza Llaves | 69 | 1 | / |
| Montsalvez | 64 | 1 | / |
| Montezi Alves | 64 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mendes Alves
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