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    The surname Assunção

    A surname, carried by 202 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A252

    Assunção: #91,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Assunção #91,221, 202 people Assunção: #91,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Assunção #91,221, 202 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Assunção is more common than 43.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 202 people named Assunção in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,528,443 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 131.

    #91,221
    rank among US surnames
    202
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +54.2%
    change since 2000 (was #121,780)

    Who is named Assunção

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Assunção identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Assunçãos

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paulo Assunção
      Brazilian player, born 1980
    • Fábio Assunção
      Brazilian actor, born 1971
    • Marcos Assunção
      Brazilian footballer, born 1976
    • Raphael Assunção
      Brazilian martial artist, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Assunção

    Assunção has the Soundex code A252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Assunção?
    202 people in the United States had the surname Assunção in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,528,443 Americans. It ranked 91,221st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Assunção?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Assunção identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Assunção?
    Paulo Assunção, Brazilian player, followed by Fábio Assunção.
    Where is the surname Assunção most common?
    Wikidata records people named Assunção in Brazil.
    Is the surname Assunção getting more or less common?
    More common. 131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 202 in 2010, up 54%.