Vaz Fernandes Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Vaz Fernandes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Vaz Fernandes 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
Brazil1011:2,119,54866,584
France241:2,767,613196,808
Cape Verde141:37,8321,392
São Tomé and Príncipe71:25,3461,305
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Vaz Fernandes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vaz Fernandes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Vaz Fernandes is most common in Brazil. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vaz Fernandes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Vaz Fernandes live; 68 percent live in South America and 68 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 2,119,548. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 25 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 20 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 16 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent live and 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
Vaz Fernandez927/
Vaz-Fernandes922/
Fazio Fernandes862/
Foz Fernandes852/
Vaz-Fernandez852/
Vis Fernandes851/
Vassao Fernandes831/
Vizo Fernandez812/
Veas Fernandez811/
Fuzi Fernandes811/
Fiuza Fernandes796/
Fiaes Fernandes791/
Viso Fernandez741/
Foss Fernandes741/
Fiuza Fernandez712/
Fosse Fernandes711/
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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
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  • 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 Vaz Fernandes
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