Sperança Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sperança Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Speranca (211) & Šperanca (8) are calculated separately.
Sperança Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sperança Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sperança is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Speranca or Šperanca. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sperança.
How Common Is The Last Name Sperança? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sperança are found; 75 percent are found in South America and 75 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil Sperança is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent are found, São Paulo, where 33 percent are found and Goiás, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speranca | 96 | 211 | / |
| Šperanca | 92 | 8 | / |
| Speranza | 88 | 19,221 | / |
| Speransa | 88 | 131 | / |
| Speranja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sperantsa | 82 | 18 | / |
| S'peranza | 82 | 2 | / |
| Speranzas | 82 | 2 | / |
| Speranzza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Spperanza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speransia | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sperancia | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speranzea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Speranzaa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sperantsas | 78 | 10 | / |
| Speranzo | 75 | 184 | / |
| Speranzi | 75 | 78 | / |
| Sperance | 75 | 24 | / |
| Speranze | 75 | 5 | / |
| Spéranza | 75 | 3 | / |
| Šperanza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Speramza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Spiranza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Speranco | 75 | 1 | / |
| Spearance | 71 | 104 | / |
| Sperancio | 71 | 2 | / |
| Speranschaia | 70 | 2 | / |
| Sperancett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Speronza | 63 | 20 | / |
| Spyrantzou | 56 | 2 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sperança
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis