The surname Fernandes
A Spanish surname, carried by 18,018 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex F655
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 18,018 people named Fernandes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,135 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,385.
Who is named Fernandes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Fernandes identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Two or more races 3.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Famous Fernandess
23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mário FernandesBrazilian-Russian professional footballer, born 1990
- Rafaelson Bezerra FernandesBrazilian association football player, born 1997
- Matheus FernandesBrazilian association football player, born 1998
- Lucas FernandesBrazilian association football player (born 1994)
- Roger FernandesBissau-Guinean footballer, born 2005
- Christine FernandesBrazilian-American actress, television presenter and former model, born 1968
- Danilo FernandesBrazilian footballer and manager, born 1988
- Leandro FernandesAssociation football player, born 1999
- Clovis FernandesBrazilian athlete, 1955–2015
- Florestan FernandesBrazilian politician and sociologist (1920–1995)
- Jorge FernandesBrazilian swimmer, born 1962
- Tiago FernandesBrazilian tennis player, born 1993
Notable Fernandess come mostly from Brazil (18), Russia (1) and Guinea-Bissau (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Fernandes has the Soundex code F655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F655.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Fernandes come from?
- Fernandes is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Fernandes?
- 18,018 people in the United States had the surname Fernandes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,135 Americans. It ranked 2,007th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fernandes?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Fernandes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Who is the most famous person named Fernandes?
- Mário Fernandes, Brazilian-Russian professional footballer, followed by Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes.
- Where is the surname Fernandes most common?
- Wikidata records people named Fernandes in Brazil, Russia and Guinea-Bissau and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Fernandes getting more or less common?
- More common. 14,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,018 in 2010, up 25%.