Pestana Surname
Approximately 36,947 people bear this surname
Pestana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 12,619 | 1:16,964 | 846 |
| Portugal | 7,803 | 1:1,335 | 212 |
| Colombia | 4,322 | 1:11,054 | 1,130 |
| Angola | 3,352 | 1:8,052 | 1,020 |
| Venezuela | 2,954 | 1:10,225 | 962 |
| United States | 1,536 | 1:235,976 | 22,647 |
| Cuba | 1,051 | 1:10,964 | 912 |
| South Africa | 770 | 1:70,361 | 8,776 |
| Spain | 721 | 1:64,843 | 5,846 |
| France | 392 | 1:169,446 | 26,353 |
| England | 347 | 1:160,571 | 15,039 |
| Australia | 128 | 1:210,904 | 20,401 |
| Bolivia | 120 | 1:88,470 | 3,770 |
| Peru | 97 | 1:327,671 | 11,729 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Argentina | 86 | 1:497,016 | 36,727 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Paraguay | 81 | 1:89,343 | 2,161 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Jersey | 22 | 1:4,509 | 908 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Pestana (50) may also be a first name.
Pestana Demographics
Average Pestana Salary in
United States
$48,752 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pestana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pestana is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pestana.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 15,076th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 197,243 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Pestana live; 55 percent live in South America and 34 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 50 people.
Pestana is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 12,619 people, or 1 in 16,964. In Brazil Pestana is most common in: São Paulo, where 33 percent are found, Maranhão, where 22 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 21 percent are found and Colombia, where 12 percent are found.
Pestana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pestana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pestana last name increased 51,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pestana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Pestana are 20.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.73% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pestana earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 504.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 117,137 per year; in South Africa they earn 101.04% more than the national average, earning R 477,756 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.9% less than the national average, earning $16,822,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.99% more than the national average, earning $48,752 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $50,626 CAD per year.
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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 Pestana
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