Fonseca Family History
Fonseca Name Meaning
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places
named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from
fonte seca ‘dry well’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fonseca
Name Distribution of Fonseca Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fonseca families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fonseca census records
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Fonseca Family Origin
Fonseca Emigration Information (US)
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Fonseca Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Fonseca
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