Ancien Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Ancien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ancien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1591:417,75360,954
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

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

Ancien occurs most in France. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ancien? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,252,959th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Ancien are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Ancien is also the 465,882nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 350 people.

The last name Ancien is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 417,753. In France Ancien is most frequent in: Hauts-de-France, where 61 percent live, Grand Est, where 22 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Morocco, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ancient92268/
Ancienė924/
Ancieng921/
Ancin91917/
Ancen9118/
Ancienne861/
Ancion831,311/
Ancsin83616/
Ancian83491/
Anchin83471/
Anchen83274/
Hancin83250/
Hancen8379/
Ancoin831/
Anzien831/
Ancenn830/
Anchina77389/
Hanchin77369/
Ganchin77111/
Hanchen7793/
Anciong7753/
Anciant7747/
Ancheen7743/
Ancione7741/
Ganchen7728/
Anciand7724/
Hancenn7714/
Hancsin7710/
Anzienė775/
Ančienė774/
Auncion773/
Antsien773/
Anciane773/
Aunchin773/
Ainchen772/
Ainchin772/
Hanscen771/
Gancian771/
Asncion771/
Antchin771/
Annchen771/
Gantcen770/
Ancan731,533/
Ancon73177/
Anzin73114/
Ančin7360/
Anzen7326/
Ancín7311/
Oncin7310/
Ançin737/
Ancán731/
Asencion711,868/
Atencion71231/
Acencion71173/
Ganchina71111/
Handchen7110/
Ancinová7110/
Asincion714/
Ancinova712/
Ahanchin712/
Atincion712/
Ainchina711/
Hannchen711/
Hanchion710/
Ganchion710/
Anchan676,193/
Hanzen671,101/
Handschin671,008/
Andsen67777/
Onchin67118/
Hančin67113/
Antsen6786/
Hancan6758/
Anzoin6723/
Hanzin6720/
Anzeen6716/
Andzen6716/
Antsin6714/
Ancsinová6711/
Anchyn6711/
Hancon678/
Anchon676/
Hancinova676/
Hancinová676/
Auncon674/
Ancsan673/
Eancon673/
Amcion672/
Aseencion672/
Andzin672/
Ancahn671/
Oncoin671/
Ancsán671/
Anczyn671/
Attencion671/
Ančina671/
Antzen671/
Antxen671/
Antzin671/
Honcen670/
Anconn670/
Assincian670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ancien
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