The Ancona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,567 people carried this name — #17,851 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,481 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 101 people named Ancona live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Ancona live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Ancona.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Ancona in American newspapers,
1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Ancona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sydenham Elnathan Ancona 1824–1913 · politician -
Mario Ancona 1860–1931 · opera singer -
Margherita Ancona 1881–1966 · teacher -
Margherita Ancona 1881–1966 · teacher
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Giovanni Ancona 1550–1593 · poet
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Amilcare Ancona 1839–1890 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ancona.
- Anani 251 · U.S. census
- Anastasi 1,400 · U.S. census
- Anastasio 1,721 · U.S. census
- Anaya 24,017 · U.S. census
- Ancel 355 · U.S. census
- Ancelet 356 · U.S. census
- Andersen 36,150 · U.S. census
- Anderson 784,404 · U.S. census
- Andersson 1,372 · U.S. census
- Andonian 473 · U.S. census
- Andrade 65,037 · U.S. census
- Andre 9,358 · U.S. census
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