Pesta Surname
Approximately 3,248 people bear this surname
Pesta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,381 | 1:27,523 | 4,184 |
| United States | 1,315 | 1:275,634 | 25,784 |
| Indonesia | 146 | 1:905,816 | 67,732 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Austria | 66 | 1:129,022 | 17,785 |
| Hungary | 56 | 1:175,291 | 15,311 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Pešta (1,448), Pěsta (3) & Pešťa (1) are calculated separately.
Pesta (4,011) may also be a first name.
Pesta Demographics
Average Pesta Salary in
United States
$46,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pesta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pesta (Hindi: पेस्ता, Russian: Песта) is found in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pešta, Pěsta or Pešťa. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 137,866th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,243,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Pesta reside; 45 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 43 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Pesta is also the 110,240th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 4,011 people.
The last name Pesta is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 1,381 people, or 1 in 27,523. Excluding Poland this surname exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Pesta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pesta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pesta surname expanded 13,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pesta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pesta surname are 0.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.01% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pesta earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 72.8% more than the national average, earning $85,850 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pesta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pesta in the Hindi language | ||
| पेस्ता | pesta | - |
| Pesta in the Russian language | ||
| Песта | pesta | - |
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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 Pesta
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