American Family Name Origins:
Ascencio
Frequency: (438)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish and Italian: from the personal name (Latin Ascensius), favored by the early Christians, by whom it was bestowed with reference to the ascension of Christ (Late Latin ascensio).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 57%. Jose (22), Salvador (8), Miguel (7), Jesus (6), Manuel (6), Raul (5), Javier (4), Juan (4), Pedro (4), Ramon (4), Carlos (3), Eduardo (3).
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