Ascenção Surname

379,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Ascenção Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ascenção Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal6511:16,0031,184
Cape Verde1801:2,942138
Brazil441:4,865,326126,089
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
São Tomé and Príncipe101:17,742994
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France41:16,605,680368,153
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Macau11:601,6301,582
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Ascencão (5) & Asçenção (1) are calculated separately.

Ascenção (12) may also be a first name.

Ascenção Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ascenção Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ascenção is found most frequently in Portugal. It can occur as: Ascencão or Asçenção. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ascenção? popularity and diffusion

Ascenção is the 379,286th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The last name Ascenção is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Ascenção are found; 69 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 12 people.

The surname Ascenção is most commonly used in Portugal, where it is carried by 651 people, or 1 in 16,003. Not including Portugal it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Cape Verde, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ascencão965/
Asçenção961/
Acenção931/
Asenção931/
D'ascenção892/
Ascensão883,220/
Assenção8819/
Asensão801/
Ascension71558/
Ascenza6714/
Asenson674/
Ascensione672/
D'asuunção671/
Ascensionn671/
Ascencu671/
Asenzoa671/
Asensoy671/
Asscension671/
Ascensa671/

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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
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  • 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 Ascenção
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