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 siccus, meaning "dry well". The name is also common among Sephardic Jews.
Adriana Fonseca, Mexican actress
Allyson Fonseca, Australian TV journalist
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
Ramón Fonseca Mora (born 1952), Panamanian novelist and co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, subject of the Panama Papers
Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist
Roberto Fonseca (football manager), Brazilian football manager
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
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