Pestean Surname
Approximately 493 people bear this surname
Pestean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 485 | 1:41,398 | 5,252 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Peştean (57) & Peștean (50) are calculated separately.
Pestean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pestean is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Peştean or Peștean. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestean? popularity and diffusion
Pestean is the 622,538th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name Pestean occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pestean live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Pestean is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 41,398. In Romania it is most numerous in: Cluj County, where 37 percent live, Sălaj County, where 32 percent live and Bihor County, where 9 percent live. Aside from Romania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pestean
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