Ascensão Surname
Approximately 3,220 people bear this surname
Ascensão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 3,048 | 1:3,418 | 414 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Cape Verde | 26 | 1:20,371 | 768 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ascensão (67) may also be a first name.
Ascensão Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ascensão Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ascensão is found most frequently in Portugal. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascensão? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 138,912th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,263,213 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Ascensão are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Ascensão is also the 1,191,548th most numerous forename on earth, held by 67 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is carried by 3,048 people, or 1 in 3,418. Excluding Portugal it occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 1 percent live and Cape Verde, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asensão | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ascenção | 88 | 941 | / |
| Ascencão | 88 | 5 | / |
| Ascension | 82 | 558 | / |
| Asenson | 80 | 4 | / |
| Asenção | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ascensa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Acenção | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asensoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ascensione | 78 | 2 | / |
| D'ascenção | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ascensionn | 78 | 1 | / |
| Asscension | 78 | 1 | / |
| Aisenson | 75 | 55 | / |
| Asension | 75 | 27 | / |
| Hasenson | 75 | 24 | / |
| Assenção | 75 | 19 | / |
| Acension | 75 | 18 | / |
| Achenson | 75 | 1 | / |
| Assensou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Asoenson | 75 | 1 | / |
| Asçenção | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ascensia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Atchenson | 71 | 52 | / |
| Assension | 71 | 14 | / |
| Asensa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Assenssou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Atchensou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aschensen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ashensone | 71 | 0 | / |
| Aitchenson | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ascenza | 67 | 14 | / |
| Assensa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Axenson | 67 | 8 | / |
| Asensia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ascencu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asenzoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Achensa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acensiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osenson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atschinson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aacensa | 67 | 0 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ascensão
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis