Pestaña Surname

142,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Pestaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pestaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico1,7611:70,4863,153
Colombia6541:73,0493,133
Argentina3481:122,82610,376
Bolivia1501:70,7763,360
Uruguay671:51,2205,686
Philippines641:1,581,847107,292
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
France21:33,211,361423,184
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Pestana (36,947) are calculated separately.

Pestaña Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pestaña Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pestaña occurs most in Mexico. It can also be rendered as: Pestana. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pestaña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 142,800th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,340,252 people. The last name Pestaña occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Pestaña live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 1,761 people, or 1 in 70,486. In Mexico Pestaña is most prevalent in: Veracruz, where 39 percent live, Puebla, where 34 percent live and Tabasco, where 4 percent live. Not including Mexico this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pestana9536,947/
Pestañ921/
Pestaño866,247/
Pastaña861/
Pestaina8069/
Pestanha8028/
Pestañio8011/
Pestania8011/
Pesta Ño802/
Pesttana801/
Pestan7732/
Pestna773/
Pestño771/
Pestaniae753/
Pastana715,080/
Pestano713,019/
Pastuña71659/
Pestean71493/
Pestina71219/
Pistaño7157/
Pistana7156/
Bestana7129/
Pestona7124/
Pestyna718/
Pestani717/
Pastaño715/
Pestena714/
Peztana713/
Pestuna713/
Postana713/
Pestane712/
Pestnya711/
Pesotan711/
Pestany711/
Postaño711/
Pestoño711/
Pesadan711/
Pesteño711/
Pestiño711/
Pestanio67359/
Postnaia67201/
Postnaya67107/
Pastanha6727/
Pesteanu6725/
Pastawan6723/
Pustawan6717/
Poesadan678/
Pestinha674/
Bestayan671/
Pastanna671/
Pistawan671/
Pesaitan671/
Pesatane671/
Pasataan671/
Piestany671/
Peestano671/
Pestanno671/
Pestanyo671/
Postawna671/
Pestaneo670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pestaña
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