Anciant Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Anciant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Anciant Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France461:1,443,972140,296
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Anciant Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Anciant Come From? nationality or country of origin

Anciant occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Anciant.

How Common Is The Last Name Anciant? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Anciant live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 1,443,972. In France Anciant is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 26 percent live, Île-de-France, where 26 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 20 percent live. Outside of France this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ancian92491/
Anciand8624/
Anchant8619/
Anciane863/
Gancian861/
Ancan831,533/
Anchante803,375/
Hanchant8058/
Anchan776,193/
Ancion771,311/
Ancien77184/
Hancan7758/
Ancain7748/
Ancsan773/
Ancean772/
Ancahn771/
Ancoin771/
Hanchante758/
Assincian750/
Ganchan7156/
Aanchan7153/
Anciong7153/
Ancione7141/
Hanchan7140/
Anchain7133/
Hancean7129/
Goncian7114/
Anchand717/
Ancienė714/
Auncion713/
Auncein712/
Anchhan712/
Anchann712/
Annchan711/
Hamcian711/
Andcont711/
Anchane711/
Asncion711/
Anhchan711/
Eanchan711/
Anzan672,265/
Asencion671,868/
Atencion67231/
Ancon67177/
Acencion67173/
Ainchaun6723/
Ancen6718/
Ančan6716/
Ganchand677/
Hanchane676/
Asincion674/
Atincion672/
Ancán671/
Annchajn671/
Handchan670/
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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 Anciant
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