Anscar Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Anscar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Anscar (65) may also be a first name.
Anscar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anscar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anscar is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anscar? popularity and diffusion
Anscar is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Anscar is mostly found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Anscar live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Anscar is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 65 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 42 percent live, New Ireland, where 31 percent live and Bougainville, where 19 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 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 Anscar
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