Mendes da Graça Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

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

Mendes da Graça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mendes da Graça 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 Verde81:66,2052,334
São Tomé and Príncipe21:88,7122,936

The alternate forms: Mendes da Graca (5) are calculated separately.

Mendes da Graça Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mendes da Graça Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mendes da Graça has its highest incidence in Cape Verde. It may also occur as: Mendes da Graca. Click here for other possible spellings of Mendes da Graça.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendes da Graça? popularity and diffusion

Mendes da Graça is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mendes da Graça live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Luso-West Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 66,205. In Cape Verde Mendes da Graça is primarily found in: Fogo, where 63 percent are found, Santiago, where 25 percent are found and São Vicente, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Cape Verde this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in São Tomé and Príncipe, where 20 percent are found.

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
Mendes da Graca985/
Mendes de Queiroga551/

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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 da Graça
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