Acano Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Acano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
The alternate forms: Acaño (1) are calculated separately.
Acano (10) may also be a first name.
Acano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Acano is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant: Acaño. Click here to see other potential spellings of Acano.
How Common Is The Last Name Acano? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Acano live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename internationally, held by 10 people.
The surname Acano is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 295,752. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Apac District, where 45 percent live, Kaberamaido District, where 23 percent live and Soroti District, where 9 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acano
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