as a Last Name
- 16,674
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fonseca
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well’.
| 1,875th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,674
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Fonseca per capita
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