Wikipedia:
Fonseca is a common Portuguese, Galician and Italian surname, while the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’ The name is also common among Sephardic Jews.
People
Fonseca, Colombian singerAdriana Fonseca, Mexican actressAlonso III Fonseca (1475-1534), Galician archbishop and politician.Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967), Goan Catholic artistBruno Fonseca (1958-1994), United States artistCarlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaraguan founder of the SandinistasCarlos Fonseca, Brazilian boxerCarolyn De Fonseca, United States actressCelso Fonseca, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalistDaniel Fonseca, Uruguayan football (soccer) playerDanny Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) playerDavid Fonseca, Portuguese singerDeodoro da Fonseca, first President of the Republic of BrazilDuduka da Fonseca, Brazilian jazz drummer and band leaderEdgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclistEdison Fonseca, Colombian football (soccer) playerFrancisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) playerFumilay Fonseca, São Toméan race walkerGraciano Fonseca, Colombian road cyclistHermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, President of BrazilIsaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writerLuis Fonseca, a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and veteran of the Iraq WarLuis Fonseca, Venezuelan long-distance runnerLyndsy Fonseca, American actressPeter Fonseca, Canadian politicianRoberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianistRolando Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) playerTodd A. Fonseca, American author of juvenile fictionTiago Cardoso Fonseca, Brazilian footballerJ. P. de Fonseka Sri Lankan essayistSusantha de Fonseka Sri Lankan statesmanAndrea Fonseka, winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, and actor, television presenter and modelGamini Fonseka Sri Lankan film actor and politician.Mervyn Fonseka Sri Lankan lawyer.Malini Fonseka Sri Lankan film actressSarath 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
Other
Fonseca (cigar brand), two brands of Cuban and Dominican cigarsFonseca (port), brand of Portuguese port wineFonseca, La Guajira, town and municipality in Colombia.Gulf of Fonseca, gulf in Central AmericaFonseca Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
