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

The last name Pest is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Pešt. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 297,484^th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,688,951 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Pest reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Pest is also the 968,397^th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 96 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 132,193. In Germany Pest is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 54 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Pest Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Pest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pest last name grew 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 156 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pest Last Name Statistics ^demography

The amount Pest earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 90.71% more than the national average, earning $82,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.87% more than the national average, earning $57,567 CAD per year.