# Fonseca (surname)

Fonseca is a surname of Portuguese origin, that can be found in Portuguese-speaking countries, as well as in Spanish-speaking countries and among Sephardic Jews to a lesser extent. A feudal lordship name from a place named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, it comes from Latin fons sicca, meaning "dry well".
Fonseca or Fonseka may refer to:

## People

* Alonso III Fonseca (1475–1534), Galician archbishop and politician
* Andrea Fonseka, Malaysian actor, television presenter and model and winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004
* Angelo da Fonseca (1902–1967), Indian artist
* Antônio Joao da Fonseca (born 1966), Brazilian footballer
* Bruno Fonseca (1958–1994), American painter and sculptor
* Carlo Fonseka (1933–2019), Sri Lankan medical academic
* Carlos Fonseca Amador (1936–1976), Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
* Carlos Fonseca (boxer) (born 1955), Brazilian boxer
* Carolyn De Fonseca (1929–2009), American film and voice actress
* Casto Fonseca (1800–1845), Nicaraguan military dictator
* Celso Fonseca (born 1956), Brazilian samba, bossa nova and música popular brasileira guitarist and vocalist
* Cholomondeley de Fonseka Goonewardene (1917-2006), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician
* Cleonâncio Fonseca (1936–2021), Brazilian politician
* Daniel Fonseca (born 1969), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
* Daniel de Fonseca (1672–c. 1740), Jewish court physician and courtier in Europe
* Daniele Fonseca, birth name of Italian unification leader Daniele Manin (1804–1857)
* Danny Fonseca (born 1979), Costa Rican football (soccer) player
* David Fonseca (born 1973), Portuguese singer
* Deodoro da Fonseca (1827–1892), first President of the Republic of Brazil
* Duduka da Fonseca (born 1951), Brazilian jazz drummer and band leader
* Édgar Fonseca (born 1981), Colombian road cyclist
* Edison Fonseca (born 1984), Colombian football (soccer) player
* Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1751–1799), Neapolitan poet and revolutionary
* Eugene Reginald de Fonseka (died 2003), puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
* Flor Isava Fonseca (1921–2020), Venezuelan sportswoman and writer
* Francisco Fonseca (born 1979), Mexican football (soccer) player
* Fumilay Fonseca (born 1988), São Toméan race walker
* Gamini Fonseka (1936–2004), Sri Lankan film actor and politician
* Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Gonzalo Fonseca (1922–1997), Uruguayan sculptor
* Graciano Fonseca (born 1974), Colombian road cyclist
* Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1855–1923), President of Brazil
* Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer in Europe and South America
* Isabel Fonseca (born 1961), American writer
* J. P. de Fonseka (1897–1948), Sri Lankan essayist
* João Fonseca (born 2006), Brazilian tennis player
* Juan Fernando Fonseca (born 1979), Colombian singer better known under his stage name Fonseca
* Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, (1451–1524), Spanish archbishop, courtier and bureaucrat
* Lew Fonseca (1899–1989), American baseball player
* Luis Fonseca (runner) (born 1977), Venezuelan long-distance runner
* Luis Fonseca (United States Navy) (born 1980), a United States Navy hospital corpsman and hero of the Iraq War
* Luis Fonseca (weightlifter) (born 1949), Costa Rican weightlifter
* Lyndsy Fonseca (born 1987), American television and film actress
* Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan film actress
* Mary L. Fonseca (1915–2005), American politician and Massachusetts state senator
* Melquises Fonseca (born 1949), Cuban runner
* Mervyn Fonseka (1897–1946), Sri Lankan lawyer
* Morawakkorakoralege Walter Fonseka Abeykoon (1903-?), Ceylonese civil servant
* Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca (born 1970), Sri Lankan Olympic hurdler
* Paulo Fonseca (born 1973), Portuguese football soccer manager
* Peter Fonseca (born 1966), Canadian politician
* Ramón Fonseca Mora (born 1952), Panamanian novelist and attorney
* Ray Fonseca (dancer) (1953–2010), American professional hula dancer
* Ray Fonseca (politician) (born 1959), a US Virgin Island senator
* Roberto Fonseca (born 1975), Cuban jazz pianist
* Roberto Fonseca (football manager) (born 1962), Brazilian football manager
* Rolando Fonseca (born 1974), Costa Rican football (soccer) player
* Sarath Fonseka (born 1950), Sri Lankan politician and senior military officer
* Susantha de Fonseka (1900–1963), Sri Lankan statesman
* Todd A. Fonseca (born 1966), American author of juvenile fiction