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
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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 frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 15,076th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 197,243 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Pestana live; 55 percent live in South America and 34 percent live in Luso-South America. Pestana is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name Pestana is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 12,619 people, or 1 in 16,964. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 33 percent live, Maranhão, where 22 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in 58 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 21 percent live and Colombia, where 12 percent live.
Pestana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pestana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pestana surname grew 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% being registered with the 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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