Last Name FONSECA

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Indian, Spanish, Chilean, Portuguese, Cape verdean

Rank	1,682 (2000 US census)	3,040 (1990 US census)

Count	19,513 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

19.52%, or 3809 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.78%, or 347 total occurrences, as black,
1%, or 195 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.2%, or 39 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.85%, or 556 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
74.64%, or 14565 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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