Persten Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Persten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Persten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Persten (Russian: Перстень) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Persten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,372,517th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Persten is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Persten live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Persten is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States Persten is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 33 percent live, New York, where 27 percent live and Wisconsin, where 14 percent live. Excluding The United States Persten is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 12 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.

Persten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Persten are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Persten earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.62% less than the national average, earning $40,294 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perstuen9328/
Peirsten930/
Perstin8653/
Perstyn863/
Pirsten862/
Porsten860/
Perstina8011/
Pershtin801/
Persting801/
Pharsten800/
Perstnova751/
Parstin711/
Porstin710/

Persten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Persten in the Russian language
Перстеньpersten-

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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 Persten
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