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
The surname Pestean is found most in Romania. It can also be found in the variant forms: Peştean or Peștean. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestean? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 622,538th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name Pestean occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pestean are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 41,398. In Romania Pestean is most frequent in: Cluj County, where 37 percent reside, Sălaj County, where 32 percent reside and Bihor County, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Romania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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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