Vicosa Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Vicosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vicosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2371:903,26732,376
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Viçosa (28) are calculated separately.

Vicosa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vicosa occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Viçosa. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vicosa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,048,281st most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name Vicosa occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Vicosa live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 903,267. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 62 percent live, Espírito Santo, where 11 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 4 percent live. Apart from Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viçosa9428/
Viciosa9272/
Vicsosa921/
Viscosa921/
Vickhosa8630/
Vicoso83515/
Vicosi83163/
Visosa8391/
Vijosa8374/
Vicoza8358/
Vizosa8317/
Vecosa838/
Vicose837/
Bicosa831/
Vicioso777,192/
Viscosi77467/
Huicosa77320/
Viscoso77114/
Vitcosi7711/
Vicossi778/
Vichoso777/
Virzosa777/
Vescosa774/
Vicocha773/
Visossa772/
Vucossa772/
Viccoso771/
Vizcoso771/
Viscasa771/
Vicochea7119/
Biscossa7114/
Viciosos712/
Vicossio711/
Viscossi711/
Vichasah711/
Vickasas710/
Vizoso672,120/
Visoso671,913/
Viçoso67298/
Vukosa67245/
Vicozi67112/
Vicozo6774/
Viscochea6762/
Bikosa6760/
Vickhouse6744/
Vizcochea6742/
Vecoso6739/
Vikasa6732/
Visasa678/
Viçosi677/
Vejosa675/
Visoça675/
Bicasa675/
Vicoze674/
Vijasa672/
Vicaca672/
Vizoza672/
Vezosa672/
Visaso671/
Vicaso671/
Visootsat671/
Becosa671/
Bizosa671/
Vecasa671/
Vikesa671/
Beichhosa671/
Wisosa671/
Vikose671/
Vicocy671/
Vecosi671/

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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 Vicosa
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