Given name & surname · also Spanish

Fonseca

Fonseca is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Portuguese. It is used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Fonseca comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Portuguese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Portuguese Fonseca.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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