Tavares Fortes Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Tavares Fortes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tavares Fortes 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
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Cape Verde41:132,4104,291
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Tavares Fortes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tavares Fortes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tavares Fortes occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tavares Fortes.

How Common Is The Last Name Tavares Fortes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Tavares Fortes reside; 57 percent reside in South America and 57 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 63 percent reside, São Paulo, where 25 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Brazil Tavares Fortes is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cape Verde, where 29 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

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
Tavares Freitas8382/
Tavares Fritz811/
Tavares Frutuoso734/
de Veras Fortes621/
Tavares Vieira Dias612/
de Farias Freitas529/
de Vries-Fritz501/

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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 Tavares Fortes
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