Pfonseca Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pfonseca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pfonseca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfonseca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfonseca is found most in Brazil. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfonseca? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Pfonseca is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pfonseca live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Pfonseca is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 75 percent live and São Paulo, where 25 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live.
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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 Pfonseca
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