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 Peso Salary in
United States
$49,294 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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/territory. It may appear as: Pešo, Pêso or Pésó. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peso is the 118,408th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,876,782 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 30 percent of Peso are found; 27 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 27 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 274,086th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 880 people.
The last name Peso is most widely held in Spain, where it is carried by 969 people, or 1 in 48,248. In Spain it is most common in: Andalusia, where 31 percent are found, Madrid, where 17 percent are found and La Rioja, where 16 percent are found. Not including Spain Peso is found 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 occurrence of Peso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peso last name increased 1,283 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Peso last name are 14.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.18% registered with 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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