Speranca Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Speranca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 208 | 1:1,029,204 | 36,297 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Šperanca (8) & Sperança (8) are calculated separately.
Speranca (117) may also be a first name.
Speranca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Speranca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Speranca occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Šperanca or Sperança. Click here to see other possible spellings of Speranca.
How Common Is The Last Name Speranca? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,140,742nd most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Speranca occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Speranca reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America. Speranca is also the 864,112th most widespread given name globally, held by 117 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 1,029,204. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 37 percent are found, São Paulo, where 29 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šperanca | 96 | 8 | / |
| Sperança | 96 | 8 | / |
| Sperancia | 94 | 1 | / |
| Speranza | 88 | 19,221 | / |
| Speransa | 88 | 131 | / |
| Sperance | 88 | 24 | / |
| Speranja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Speranco | 88 | 1 | / |
| Spearance | 82 | 104 | / |
| Sperantsa | 82 | 18 | / |
| Speranzas | 82 | 2 | / |
| S'peranza | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sperancio | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sperancki | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speranzza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Spperanza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speransia | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speranzea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speranzaa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sperantsas | 78 | 10 | / |
| Speranzo | 75 | 184 | / |
| Speranzi | 75 | 78 | / |
| Speranze | 75 | 5 | / |
| Spéranza | 75 | 3 | / |
| Speranko | 75 | 3 | / |
| Šperanza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Speramza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Spiranza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Speronza | 63 | 20 | / |
| Spyrantzou | 56 | 2 | / |
| Sparonko | 50 | 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 Speranca
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