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
The last name Ascan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ascañ. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 601,907th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ascan reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 687,834th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 176 people.
The surname Ascan is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 442 people, or 1 in 229,046. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Calabarzon, where 46 percent reside, Mimaropa, where 40 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides The Philippines it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 11 percent reside and Peru, where 2 percent reside.
Ascan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ascan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the 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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