Pesley Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Pesley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Pesley (34) may also be a first name.
Pesley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pesley is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pesley.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Pesley reside; 46 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 46 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname Pesley is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sabah, where 83 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent live. Besides Malaysia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Pesley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pesley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pesley last name declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pesley
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