Goncalvés

surname · Latin script

Goncalvés is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Luxembourg it is the 32nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Portuguese Gonçalves.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 1.5K
  • ESSpain1 in 16K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

8,000 people, 2010

Sources
315 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Goncalves in US United States, CH Switzerland, ES Spain and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Portuguese Gonçalves.

Sources 1

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Goncalvés counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Goncalvés is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—8,0001 in 42K9.7KGoncalves144
CH Switzerland—5,6531 in 1.5K5.7KGoncalves32
ES Spain—3,1411 in 16K3.1KGoncalves28
AR Argentina—2,7411 in 17K2.7K——
UY Uruguay—2,2411 in 1.5K2.2K——
LU Luxembourg#32——1.2KGoncalves16

8,000 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Goncalvés under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Goncalvés mean, and where does it come from?
From Portuguese Gonçalves. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Goncalvés have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 8.0 thousand people named Goncalvés, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled goncalves.
Where is Goncalvés most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Goncalvés is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Goncalvés?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,000 people named Goncalvés in 2010, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
How common is Goncalvés compared with other names?
In Luxembourg, Goncalvés is the 32nd most common surname of 1,851 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goncalvés” — the 32nd most common surname in Luxembourg. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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