Pesteanu Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Pesteanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 17 | 1:209,492 | 19,497 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Peșteanu (4) are calculated separately.
Pesteanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesteanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pesteanu has its highest incidence in Moldova. It can also appear as a variant: Peșteanu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesteanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Pesteanu live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Moldova, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 209,492. In Moldova Pesteanu is mostly concentrated in: Căușeni District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Moldova it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peșteanu | 96 | 4 | / |
| Peteanu | 93 | 58 | / |
| Posteanu | 88 | 72 | / |
| Pasteanu | 88 | 7 | / |
| Petieanu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Petanu | 86 | 10 | / |
| Petenu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Postanu | 80 | 50 | / |
| Petangu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Petanus | 80 | 2 | / |
| Petenau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petenus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pettanu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pextanu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peteinou | 75 | 30 | / |
| Piedtenu | 75 | 16 | / |
| Petangou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petagnou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Petengou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pethainou | 71 | 31 | / |
| Pitanu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Phetthanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petangnou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petinou | 67 | 87 | / |
| Petuinu | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pitainu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pettenó | 67 | 4 | / |
| Petinau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pithanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettinau | 63 | 311 | / |
| Petinaud | 63 | 90 | / |
| Pitangou | 63 | 32 | / |
| Petinaux | 63 | 8 | / |
| Petinout | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pătășanu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pittanau | 63 | 0 | / |
| Petignaud | 59 | 51 | / |
| Phetthanoo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Phidthanou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Pitanoe | 53 | 95 | / |
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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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- 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 Pesteanu
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