Ancien Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Ancien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 159 | 1:417,753 | 60,954 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ancien (350) may also be a first name.
Ancien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ancien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ancien occurs most in France. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ancien? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Ancien reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 465,882nd most widely held given name globally It is held by 350 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 417,753. In France it is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 61 percent live, Grand Est, where 22 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 8 percent live. Not including France Ancien is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Morocco, 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 Ancien
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