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
Pessa (Russian: Песса) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 181,314th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,103,725 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Pessa are found; 41 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 341,265th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 600 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 895 people, or 1 in 59,153. In Tanzania Pessa is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 22 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 19 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 16 percent reside and Finland, where 8 percent reside.
Pessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pessa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pessa surname expanded 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% 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
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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 Pessa
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