Pesanha Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Pesanha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Pesanha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesanha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pesanha is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesanha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pesanha is the 3,323,005th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Pesanha occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pesanha live; 100 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 6,296,304. In Brazil Pesanha is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 62 percent live, Sergipe, where 15 percent live and Paraná, where 9 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uruguay, where 3 percent live.
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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 Pesanha
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