The Gonsalves surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,494 people carried this name — #4,173 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 7,690 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 242 people named Gonsalves live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 164
Buenos Aires Province 42
Santa Fe 19
Mendoza 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 32 people named Gonsalves.

Most of them — 20 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Paris 4
Aisne 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Doubs 1
Marne 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Essonne 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Gonsalves live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 9
Aargau 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Vaud 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

35 people named Gonsalves is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 35

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Gonsalves in American newspapers,
1903–1918.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Gonsalves
The Montgomery Advertiser 1903-08-09
Newspaper page from Svět = World carrying the name Gonsalves
Svět = World 1918-06-10
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Gonsalves
The Day Book 1917-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,724 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gonsalves in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

716 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gonsalves. The most, 379, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 622
Victoria 52
Queensland 14
South Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 8
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gonsalves.

Who carried it

People named Gonsalves,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacome Gonsalves
    Jacome Gonsalves 1676–1742
  • J. Wilton Gonsalves
    J. Wilton Gonsalves 1870– · composer
  • Billy Gonsalves
    Billy Gonsalves 1908–1977 · association football player
  • Mary Emily Gonsalves
    Mary Emily Gonsalves 1919–2017 · nun
  • Rolph Gonsalves
    Rolph Gonsalves 1932–2002 · jurist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Jacome Gonsalves: Yasith Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Mary Emily Gonsalves: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 45 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gonsalves,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,021 records

1,021 records of the Gonsalves name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 570
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 75
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur J. Gonsalves

    Born 1916 in New York. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank; driver from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Greart Gonsalves

    Born 1944; from Corvallis, Oregon. U.S. Army, journalist; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Anthony Gonsalves

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1971; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,021 records for Gonsalves in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands45 records

45 records of the Gonsalves name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 30
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 14
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Louis Gonsalves

    Married in 1930 in Haarlem; doctor.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Antonio Gonsalves

    Died 1967 in Op Zee, aged 40; "scheepskok".

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register MÚlanie Hortense Gonsalves

    In the population register of Hellevoetsluis; born 1862 in Batavia.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Voorne-Putten (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 45 records for Gonsalves in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia25 records

25 records of the Gonsalves name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 17
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ernest Adolphus Gonsalves

    Postal official of Ascot Vale, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Victor De Gonsalves

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Somerset, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Peter Gonsalves

    Left Hobart in 1831 aboard the Vittoria, bound for Sydney, as cook.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 25 records for Gonsalves in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Gonsalves name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eva Georgianna Gonsalves

    Buried in 1985 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 86.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Doris Eileen Gonsalves

    Buried in 1998 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Victor Raphael Gonsalves

    Buried in 1982 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Gonsalves in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France5 records

5 records of the Gonsalves name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Charles Andrew Gonsalves

    Born 1924 in Paramaribo (Surinam); died 1997 in Cayenne (Guyane).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alice Jeanne Gonsalves

    Born 1916 in Algeria; died 1992 in Toulon (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Remedios Gonsalves

    Born 1904 in Algeria; died 1992 in La Garde (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Gonsalves in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Gonsalves name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Gonsalves

    Royal Irish Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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