Ançã Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Ançã Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ançã 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
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Ança (6), Anca (13,030) & Anča (1) are calculated separately.

Ançã Last Name Facts

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

Ançã occurs more in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Ança, Anca or Anča. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ançã? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Ançã occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ançã are found; 97 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Portugal, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Beside Portugal Ançã occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

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
Ança926/
Anção891/
Anca8313,030/
Anča831/
Asenção731/
Ançay67240/
Hança67220/
Ganço6787/
Gança674/
Ançai672/
Asçenção671/
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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 Ançã
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