Pendessa Surname
Approximately 1,111 people bear this surname
Pendessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 1,099 | 1:10,768 | 353 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pendessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pendessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pendessa is found in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pendessa? popularity and diffusion
Pendessa is the 332,755th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,559,447 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pendessa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Mande Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Guinea, where it is held by 1,099 people, or 1 in 10,768. In Guinea it is most common in: Boké Region, where 77 percent are found, Conakry Region, where 21 percent are found and Kankan Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Guinea Pendessa is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendesa | 93 | 10 | / |
| Pendassa | 88 | 45 | / |
| Pendesha | 88 | 32 | / |
| Pendeusa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pendeza | 80 | 3,910 | / |
| Pendisa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Pendese | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pendosa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pendezza | 75 | 83 | / |
| Pendeshi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Penduisah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pendezo | 67 | 48 | / |
| Pendezi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pendisi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pendice | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pindessous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pindosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pemdecha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Penndise | 63 | 0 | / |
| Pendishheh | 56 | 1 | / |
| Pindiso | 53 | 25 | / |
| Pindicha | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pendessa
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