de Ascenção Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

de Ascenção Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Ascenção Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: de Ascencão (6) are calculated separately.

de Ascenção Last Name Facts

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

de Ascenção has its highest incidence in Cape Verde. It may be rendered in the variant forms: de Ascencão. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Ascenção? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name de Ascenção is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of de Ascenção are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Luso-West Africa.

The last name de Ascenção is most commonly occurring in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 105,928. In Cape Verde it is most numerous in: Santiago, where 60 percent reside, São Nicolau, where 20 percent reside and São Vicente, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Cape Verde de Ascenção exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and Angola, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Ascencão976/
da Ascenção918/
de Ascensão918/
de Assenção912/
da Ascencão821/
de Ascencion78110/
de Ascension7822/
de Assuinção781/
de Asencion736/
de Acencion732/
de Hansen707/
da Ascencion701/
da Ascensau641/
de Anson635/
de Ancon631/
de Hanson603/
de Einsen601/
de Anca5662/
de Ansó562/
de Anza561/
de Anjay533/
de Ainza531/
da Anzou531/
de Gainza5013/
de Gaunza504/
de Gonsan501/
de Gaínza501/
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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 de Ascenção
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