# Fernandes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fernandes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,007 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,135 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (14,385 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fernandes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 11% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fernandes in Brazil, Russia, Guinea-Bissau, Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United States and Portugal.

## People named Fernandes

- Mário Fernandes, Brazilian-Russian professional footballer
- Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Fernandes, Brazilian association football player
- Lucas Fernandes, Brazilian association football player (born 1994)
- Roger Fernandes, Bissau-Guinean footballer
- Christine Fernandes, Brazilian-American actress, television presenter and former model
- Danilo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Leandro Fernandes, association football player
- Clovis Fernandes, Brazilian athlete
- Florestan Fernandes, Brazilian politician and sociologist (1920–1995)
- Jorge Fernandes, Brazilian swimmer
- Tiago Fernandes, Brazilian tennis player

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Fernandez, Fernando, Freeman, Foreman, Forman, Furman, Fuhrman, Fermin, Farnham, Fryman, Fairman, Farnum.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.