Anciães Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Anciães Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Anciães 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
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Anciães Last Name Facts

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

Anciães is borne by more people in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anciães? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Anciães reside; 91 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 91 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Anciães is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Besides Portugal it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 9 percent live and Spain, 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
Anciã831/
Hanchies800/
Anchie77137/
Ankies774/
Anchihges751/
Anchier7133/
Anchias717/
Hankies715/
Hanchie712/
Ankiese711/
Anjie67597/
Ansie6777/
Anscieau679/
Hantjies673/
Hanchier672/
Ancaijas671/
Ancea671/
Hancyaes671/
Anchieat671/
Ganchiez670/
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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 Anciães
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