Ancela Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Ancela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 90 | 1:519,467 | 25,773 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ancela (1,152) may also be a first name.
Ancela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ancela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ancela is found most in Spain. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ancela.
How Common Is The Last Name Ancela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ancela is the 1,353,468th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Ancela live; 55 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 55 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 234,402nd most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,152 people.
The last name is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 519,467. In Spain it is mostly found in: Andalusia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Spain this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Ecuador, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Ancela
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