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Fonseca is a common Portuguese and Galician surname, while the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka after Portuguese presence. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, it comes from Latin ''fōns sicca'', meaning "dry well". The name is also common among Sephardic Jews. ==People== * Adriana Fonseca, Mexican actress * Alonso III Fonseca (1475-1534), Galician archbishop and politician * Andrea Fonseka, winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, and actor, television presenter and model * Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967), Goan Catholic artist * Bruno Fonseca (1958-1994), United States artist * Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas * Carlos Fonseca (boxer), Brazilian boxer * Carolyn De Fonseca, United States actress * Celso Fonseca, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalist * Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan football (soccer) player * Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player * David Fonseca, Portuguese singer * Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of the Republic of Brazil * Duduka da Fonseca, Brazilian jazz drummer and band leader * Édgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist * Edison Fonseca, Colombian football (soccer) player * Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1751-1799) Italian poet and revolutionary * Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player * Fumilay Fonseca, São Toméan race walker * Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actor and politician. * Gonzalo Fonseca, Uruguayan sculptor * Graciano Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist * Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, President of Brazil * Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer * Isabel Fonseca, American writer * J. P. de Fonseka, Sri Lankan essayist * Juan Fernando Fonseca (born 1979), Colombian singer better known under his stagename Fonseca * Lew Fonseca, American baseball player * Luis Fonseca, a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and veteran of the Iraq War * Luis Fonseca (athlete), Venezuelan long-distance runner * Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress * Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress * Mervyn Fonseka, Sri Lankan lawyer * Paulo Fonseca, Portuguese football manager * Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician * Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist * Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player * Sarath Fonseka, Former General and the Commander of Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Defense staff of the Sri Lankan Tri Forces, and later a Sri Lankan presidential candidate * Susantha de Fonseka, Sri Lankan statesman * Tiago Cardoso Fonseca, Brazilian footballer * Todd A. Fonseca, American author of juvenile fiction 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fonseca (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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