Affonso is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Affonso
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Affonso

How popular is Affonso?

Affonso is common in Brazil.

Affonso is ranked 18377 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Affonsos grew by 22.80702 per cent to 280 since 2000 and ranked 69996 after elevating 8039 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.79 84.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.43 3.07
Others 6.07 7.46
Hispanic or Latino 3.93 3.95
Affonso is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Brazil which signifies that it is originated from Brazil. Around 28398 people have been found who wears Affonso as their family name. Affonso is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,541 Peru3
32,086 Mexico3
91,784 Netherlands2
89,020 Tanzania2
2,190 Barbados1
34,581 Chile1
8,859 Iraq1
31,207 Ireland1
107,212 South Africa1
13,606 Senegal1
53,033 Nigeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
11,444 Portugal28
68,343 Spain23
18,457 Scotland20
4,083 Guyana19
447,508 India18
62,309 Zimbabwe13
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,077 Trinidad and Tobago80
47,259 Canada66
60,099 England59
Countries with hundreds of Affonso:
63,730 United States395
18,059 Argentina299
2,858 Uruguay171
Countries with ten thousands of Affonso:
690 Brazil27,125
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Matteo Affonso worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 42 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Olympia and arrived on May 8, 1890.

Comments

K
Kelly Wroblewski
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of words Visigoth adal funs which means noble or fascinates this name recalls the name of an ancestor.

Affonso Namesakes

  • Arnon Affonso de Farias Mello, Fernando Collor de Mello's father
  • Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior, Soccer player
  • Geraldo Affonso Miranda, Film director
  • Lygia Affonso, Sérgio Britto's mother

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