Pestaña Surname
Approximately 3,114 people bear this surname
Pestaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1,761 | 1:70,486 | 3,153 |
| Colombia | 654 | 1:73,049 | 3,133 |
| Argentina | 348 | 1:122,826 | 10,376 |
| Bolivia | 150 | 1:70,776 | 3,360 |
| Uruguay | 67 | 1:51,220 | 5,686 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Spain | 35 | 1:1,335,772 | 43,485 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pestana | 95 | 36,947 | / |
| Pestañ | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pestaño | 86 | 6,247 | / |
| Pastaña | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pestaina | 80 | 69 | / |
| Pestanha | 80 | 28 | / |
| Pestañio | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pestania | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pesta Ño | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pesttana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pestan | 77 | 32 | / |
| Pestna | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pestño | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pestaniae | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pastana | 71 | 5,080 | / |
| Pestano | 71 | 3,019 | / |
| Pastuña | 71 | 659 | / |
| Pestean | 71 | 493 | / |
| Pestina | 71 | 219 | / |
| Pistaño | 71 | 57 | / |
| Pistana | 71 | 56 | / |
| Bestana | 71 | 29 | / |
| Pestona | 71 | 24 | / |
| Pestyna | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pestani | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pastaño | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pestena | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peztana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pestuna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Postana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pestane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pestnya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pesotan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pestany | 71 | 1 | / |
| Postaño | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pestoño | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pesadan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pesteño | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pestiño | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pestanio | 67 | 359 | / |
| Postnaia | 67 | 201 | / |
| Postnaya | 67 | 107 | / |
| Pastanha | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pesteanu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pastawan | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pustawan | 67 | 17 | / |
| Poesadan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pestinha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bestayan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pastanna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pistawan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pesaitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pesatane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pasataan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piestany | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peestano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pestanno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pestanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Postawna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pestaneo | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pestaña
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