Ascan Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Ascan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 442 | 1:229,046 | 35,113 |
| Taiwan | 58 | 1:404,220 | 3,133 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Ascañ (3) are calculated separately.
Ascan (176) may also be a first name.
Ascan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ascan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ascan is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Ascañ. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascan? popularity and diffusion
Ascan is the 601,907th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ascan live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Ascan is also the 687,834th most commonly held first name globally, held by 176 people.
Ascan is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 229,046. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 46 percent are found, Mimaropa, where 40 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 11 percent are found and Peru, where 2 percent are found.
Ascan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ascan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ascan last name rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ascan
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