Peso Surname
Approximately 3,883 people bear this surname
Peso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 969 | 1:48,248 | 4,545 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Israel | 467 | 1:18,325 | 2,728 |
| Chile | 177 | 1:99,528 | 3,746 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Indonesia | 160 | 1:826,557 | 62,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 159 | 1:51,281 | 6,448 |
| Brazil | 147 | 1:1,456,288 | 48,949 |
| Ecuador | 138 | 1:115,260 | 6,497 |
| Philippines | 137 | 1:738,965 | 73,424 |
| Argentina | 117 | 1:365,328 | 28,402 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Peru | 81 | 1:392,397 | 12,711 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Pakistan | 70 | 1:2,552,056 | 22,156 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Cuba | 11 | 1:1,047,520 | 6,594 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Pešo (252), Pêso (2) & Pésó (9) are calculated separately.
Peso (880) may also be a first name.
Peso Demographics
Average Male Peso Height
177.13 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Peso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peso (Hindi: पेसो, Marathi: पेसो) is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pešo, Pêso or Pésó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peso? popularity and diffusion
Peso is the 118,408th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,876,782 people. The last name Peso occurs predominantly in Europe, where 30 percent of Peso are found; 27 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 27 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Peso is also the 274,086th most prevalent first name globally, held by 880 people.
The last name Peso is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 969 people, or 1 in 48,248. In Spain it is most numerous in: Andalusia, where 31 percent are found, Madrid, where 17 percent are found and La Rioja, where 16 percent are found. Beside Spain it exists in 49 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 17 percent are found and Israel, where 12 percent are found.
Peso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Peso has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,283 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Peso last name are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Peso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 65.24% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,739 per year; in United States they earn 14.24% more than the national average, earning $49,294 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $52,110 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peso in the Hindi language | ||
| पेसो | peso | - |
| Peso in the Marathi language | ||
| पेसो | peso | 94.12 |
| पॅसो | peso | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Peso
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