Where Does The Last Name Pessôa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pessôa is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Pessoa, Pessóa or Pessõa. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pessôa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,038,570^th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Pessôa is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Pessôa live; 81 percent live in South America and 81 percent live in Luso-South America.

Pessôa is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 1,092,216. In Brazil Pessôa is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 30 percent reside, Pernambuco, where 17 percent reside and São Paulo, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.