Assencao Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Assencao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Assencao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3871:553,16420,695
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Assencao (143) may also be a first name.

Assencao Last Name Facts

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

Assencao is most common in Brazil. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Assencao? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 737,137th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Assencao reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America. Assencao is also the 772,378th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 143 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 553,164. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Maranhão, where 24 percent reside, Pará, where 19 percent reside and São Paulo, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asscencao942/
Asencao9315/
D'Assencao891/
Ascencao881,417/
Assencoa8839/
Assincao886/
Assemcao881/
Ascencaou821/
D'asencao821/
Acencao8044/
Atencao802/
D'Ascencao7837/
D'Assincao781/
Ancao771,042/
Ascençao754/
Angcao711,255/
Asencioos711/
Ancaos711/
Angcaoy671/
Asenzoa671/
D'escencao671/

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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 Assencao
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis