Fonseca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Fonseca. === Proper noun === Fonseca (plural Fonsecas) A surname. A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. A phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean at 12° 27' N and 54° 48' W, east of Barbados and Tobago. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Fonseca is the 1363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25863 individuals. Fonseca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (77.57%) and White (18.23%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fonseca”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 588. === Anagrams === cafones == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ekɐ Hyphenation: Fon‧se‧ca === Proper noun === Fonseca m or f by sense a surname == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese Fonseca, from fonte seca (literally “dry well”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fonˈseka/ [fõnˈse.ka] Rhymes: -eka Syllabification: Fon‧se‧ca === Proper noun === Fonseca m or f by sense a surname === Proper noun === Fonseca m a gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua