Santa Fonseca Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Santa Fonseca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Santa Fonseca 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
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792

Santa Fonseca Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Santa Fonseca Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Santa Fonseca is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Santa Fonseca.

How Common Is The Last Name Santa Fonseca? popularity and diffusion

The last name Santa Fonseca is the 5,812,366th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Santa Fonseca occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Santa Fonseca are found; 91 percent are found in South America and 91 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Santa Fonseca is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 40 percent live, Pará, where 30 percent live and Espírito Santo, where 10 percent live. Not including Brazil Santa Fonseca occurs in one country. It is also found in Cape Verde, where 9 percent live.

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
Sande Fonseca851/
Zanoti Fonseca811/
Zaneti Fonseca811/
Zani da Fonseca792/
Sena da Fonseca792/
Sene da Fonseca791/
Senna da Fonseca762/
Zoneti Fonseca743/
Zine da Fonseca711/
Zini da Fonseca711/
Santivansky587/
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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 Santa Fonseca
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