Asuncao Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Asuncao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asuncao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil911:2,352,46572,498
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Asunçao (2) are calculated separately.

Asuncao (11) may also be a first name.

Asuncao Last Name Facts

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

Asuncao has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may be found in the variant forms: Asunçao. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asuncao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asuncao is the 1,860,621st most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Asuncao are found; 94 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Luso-South America. Asuncao is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 2,352,465. In Brazil Asuncao is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 24 percent live, Paraná, where 10 percent live and Bahia, where 9 percent live. Other than Brazil this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Venezuela, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asunçao952/
Assuncao9364,614/
Aszuncao931/
Aasuncao931/
Assauncao882/
Assunccao882/
Assuncaos881/
Aassuncao881/
Asumcao861/
D'Assuncao8226/
Assumcao80239/
Assoncao806/
Assunqao804/
Assuncoa802/
Asuunçao801/
D'assunçao714/
Açunçao711/
Assunçâo673/
Assunçào671/

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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 Asuncao
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