Pessela Surname
Approximately 4,539 people bear this surname
Pessela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 4,535 | 1:5,951 | 818 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pessela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pessela occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 103,560th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,605,540 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pessela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Angola, where it is carried by 4,535 people, or 1 in 5,951. Besides Angola Pessela is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Pessela
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