Pejša Surname

658,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Pejša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pejša Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia3551:29,9534,845
Croatia1011:41,8678,331
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Pejsa (234) are calculated separately.

Pejša Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pejša Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pejša occurs most in Czechia. It can appear as: Pejsa. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pejša? popularity and diffusion

Pejša is the 658,434th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pejša are found; 78 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 78 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Pejša is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 29,953. In Czechia it is mostly found in: Central Bohemian Region, where 33 percent live, South Bohemian Region, where 25 percent live and Prague, where 14 percent live. Excluding Czechia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Pejša Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pejša has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pejša last name contracted 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pejsa93234/
Peša891,160/
Pešat80165/
Peuša8012/
Pejše801/
Pejsha7317/
Pešaut737/
Pesaja731/
Pejasa731/
Pesa6711,028/
Peza674,015/
Píša67867/
Pexa67707/
Peça67294/
Pešo67252/
Peţa67153/
Pesjaha6771/
Piša6760/
Pýša673/
Pejscha673/
Peši671/
Pejachi671/
Pexj671/

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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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  • 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 Pejša
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