Pessa Surname
Approximately 2,348 people bear this surname
Pessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 895 | 1:59,153 | 6,370 |
| Brazil | 384 | 1:557,485 | 20,855 |
| Finland | 187 | 1:29,394 | 3,932 |
| United States | 170 | 1:2,132,111 | 135,040 |
| Namibia | 114 | 1:21,135 | 3,646 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Italy | 94 | 1:650,603 | 57,886 |
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Israel | 53 | 1:161,465 | 16,670 |
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pessa (600) may also be a first name.
Pessa Demographics
Average Pessa Salary in
United States
$47,711 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pessa (Russian: Песса) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pessa.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 181,314th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,103,725 people. The last name Pessa is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Pessa live; 41 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 341,265th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 600 people.
The last name Pessa is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 895 people, or 1 in 59,153. In Tanzania Pessa is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 22 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 19 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and Finland, where 8 percent are found.
Pessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pessa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pessa surname increased 17,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pessa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pessa surname are 20.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.58% being registered with the party.
The amount Pessa earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 10.57% more than the national average, earning $47,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.42% less than the national average, earning $39,041 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pessa in the Russian language | ||
| Песса | pessa | - |
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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 Pessa
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