Pestan Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Pestan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Pestán (1) & Pestañ (1) are calculated separately.
Pestan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pestan (Russian: Пестан) is borne by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pestán or Pestañ. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestan? popularity and diffusion
Pestan is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Pestan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pestan live; 75 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
Pestan is most frequently occurring in Chile, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,174,432. In Chile it is primarily found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 53 percent are found and Valparaíso Region, where 47 percent are found. Without taking into account Chile this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 19 percent are found and Taiwan, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pestan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pestan in the Russian language | ||
| Пестан | pestan | - |
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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
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- 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 Pestan
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