Pessey Surname
Approximately 776 people bear this surname
Pessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 407 | 1:163,201 | 25,424 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pessey is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pessey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 440,964th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. The surname Pessey occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Pessey are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
It is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 163,201. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 59 percent live, Île-de-France, where 9 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 9 percent live. Barring France this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 45 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Pessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pessey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pessey surname increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pessey
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