Ascanan Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Ascanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 85 | 1:903,324 | 43,256 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Ascañan (1) are calculated separately.
Ascanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ascanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ascanan is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Ascañan. For other possible spellings of Ascanan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascanan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ascanan reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 903,324. In Iran Ascanan is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 55 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 45 percent are found. Excluding Iran Ascanan is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ascanan
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