Pesse Surname
Approximately 1,535 people bear this surname
Pesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Brazil | 342 | 1:625,948 | 23,234 |
| Argentina | 190 | 1:224,965 | 18,484 |
| Switzerland | 121 | 1:67,875 | 8,194 |
| Benin | 95 | 1:108,796 | 12,203 |
| France | 85 | 1:781,444 | 95,071 |
| Chile | 39 | 1:451,704 | 11,842 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Pessé (6) & Pessê (1) are calculated separately.
Pesse (68) may also be a first name.
Pesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pesse (Russian: Пессе) is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pessé or Pessê. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesse? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 256,751st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,747,587 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Pesse live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pesse is also the 1,181,159th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 68 people.
It is most common in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Outside of Togo it is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 22 percent reside and Argentina, where 12 percent reside.
Pesse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pesse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pesse surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pesse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pesse in the Russian language | ||
| Пессе | pesse | - |
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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 Pesse
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