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 occurs more in Portugal more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ascensão? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 138,912th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,263,213 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Ascensão are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 67 people.
This surname is most common in Portugal, where it is held by 3,048 people, or 1 in 3,418. Apart from Portugal this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 1 percent are found and Cape Verde, where 1 percent are found.
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 | / |
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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 Ascensão
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