Pesnya Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pesnya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pesnya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5131:280,94229,114
Belarus581:163,81122,061
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

Pesnya (12) may also be a first name.

Pesnya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pesnya (Russian: Песня) is found most frequently in Russia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pesnya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pesnya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 542,751st most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Pesnya are found; 77 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 77 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Pesnya is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth, held by 12 people.

The surname Pesnya is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 280,942. In Russia Pesnya is mostly concentrated in: Bryansk Oblast, where 32 percent reside, Moscow, where 10 percent reside and Moscow Oblast, where 6 percent reside. Besides Russia this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 10 percent reside and Uzbekistan, where 2 percent reside.

Pesnya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Pesnya surname are 25.73% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 72.5% registered with the party.

Pesnya earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 139% more than the national average, earning $103,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peshnya9217/
Peschnya861/
Pesnia83116/
Pisnya8313/
Pishnya7737/
Pessnha775/
Pyshnya772/
Pezhnya771/
Pisnja6712/
Pejnia679/
Peshshnia672/
Pijnya671/
Pechnyo6215/
Pechnyó6213/
Pechnha621/
Pisniach572/
Picnia508/

Pesnya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pesnya in the Russian language
Песняpesna-

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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 Pesnya
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