Pessala Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Pessala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 118 | 1:46,582 | 5,720 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Pessala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pessala occurs most in Finland. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pessala is the 1,551,568th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Pessala reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 46,582. In Finland it is most common in: Uusimaa, where 41 percent reside, Päijänne Tavastia, where 32 percent reside and Central Finland, where 6 percent reside. Besides Finland Pessala is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Pessala
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