Nesta Surname
Approximately 3,399 people bear this surname
Nesta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| United States | 624 | 1:580,864 | 47,547 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Mexico | 289 | 1:429,502 | 8,251 |
| Italy | 229 | 1:267,060 | 35,094 |
| Nigeria | 187 | 1:947,287 | 40,584 |
| France | 148 | 1:448,802 | 64,499 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Venezuela | 34 | 1:888,355 | 13,981 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Uruguay | 24 | 1:142,990 | 12,722 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Nešta (4) are calculated separately.
Nesta (16,369) may also be a first name.
Nesta Demographics
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Nesta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nesta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nesta (Arabic: نستا, Hindi: नेस्टा) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Nešta. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nesta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,747th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,144,026 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Nesta live; 30 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nesta is also the 43,719th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 16,369 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 90 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
Nesta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nesta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nesta surname rose 10,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nesta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Nesta surname are 6.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.73% registered with the party.
The amount Nesta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.62% less than the national average, earning €24,439 per year; in Peru they earn 771.69% more than the national average, earning S/. 168,977 per year; in United States they earn 13.24% more than the national average, earning $48,864 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.91% more than the national average, earning $60,568 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nesta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nesta in the Hindi language | ||
| नेस्टा | nesta | - |
| Nesta in the Arabic language | ||
| نستا | nsta | - |
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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
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- 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 Nesta
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