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 occurs most in France. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pessey? popularity and diffusion
Pessey is the 440,964th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Pessey live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Pessey is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 163,201. In France it is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 59 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 9 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 9 percent are found. Excluding France this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 45 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Pessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pessey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pessey last name 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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