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 surname Pestan (Russian: Пестан) has its highest incidence in Chile. It can also occur as: Pestán or Pestañ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pestan live; 75 percent live in South America and 47 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
The last name is most commonly held in Chile, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,174,432. In Chile Pestan is primarily concentrated in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 53 percent live and Valparaíso Region, where 47 percent live. Not including Chile it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 19 percent live and Taiwan, where 9 percent live.
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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