Once Surname
Approximately 2,237 people bear this surname
Once Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1,061 | 1:14,991 | 2,290 |
| Philippines | 912 | 1:111,007 | 19,211 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Paraguay | 25 | 1:289,470 | 4,710 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Once (754) may also be a first name.
Once Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Once Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Once occurs more in Ecuador more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Once.
How Common Is The Last Name Once? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 188,934th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,257,732 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Once are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 48 percent are found in Andean South America. Once is also the 299,270th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 754 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ecuador, where it is carried by 1,061 people, or 1 in 14,991. In Ecuador it is primarily concentrated in: Azuay Province, where 50 percent are found, Guayas Province, where 13 percent are found and Chimborazo Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Ecuador it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 41 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Once
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