Pesterean Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Pesterean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 260 | 1:13,698 | 2,352 |
| Romania | 85 | 1:236,210 | 22,608 |
| Italy | 23 | 1:2,658,986 | 96,069 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Peșterean (1) & Peşterean (1) are calculated separately.
Pesterean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pesterean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pesterean is found most in Moldova. It may be found in the variant forms: Peșterean or Peşterean. Click here for further potential spellings of Pesterean.
How Common Is The Last Name Pesterean? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 766,190th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pesterean live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Moldova, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 13,698. In Moldova Pesterean is most frequent in: Orhei District, where 68 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 21 percent reside and Șoldănești District, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Moldova this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 23 percent reside and Italy, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peșterean | 96 | 1 | / |
| Peşterean | 96 | 1 | / |
| Pesterian | 89 | 1 | / |
| Peteran | 88 | 11 | / |
| Peshteryan | 84 | 89 | / |
| Peterein | 82 | 139 | / |
| Peterzan | 82 | 14 | / |
| Pasteran | 82 | 14 | / |
| Peterane | 82 | 8 | / |
| Petheran | 82 | 1 | / |
| Peteroen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Peterhan | 82 | 0 | / |
| Petergan | 82 | 0 | / |
| Peteuran | 82 | 0 | / |
| Peteresen | 78 | 27 | / |
| Peterienė | 78 | 3 | / |
| Peterasen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Petereine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Peteram | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pishteryan | 74 | 5 | / |
| Petteresen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pieterhein | 74 | 1 | / |
| Peteraweng | 74 | 1 | / |
| Petheram | 71 | 329 | / |
| Pastoran | 71 | 62 | / |
| Piterane | 71 | 52 | / |
| Pastiran | 71 | 16 | / |
| Peterham | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pastyran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peterine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petergin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pasterán | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petterine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Petherham | 67 | 3 | / |
| Poiterien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peterhaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phethiran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poiterant | 67 | 0 | / |
| Peterheim | 67 | 0 | / |
| Piteranova | 63 | 3 | / |
| Pyteranova | 63 | 2 | / |
| Peteryszyn | 63 | 2 | / |
| Pettiram | 59 | 3 | / |
| Piterāne | 59 | 1 | / |
| Pastirán | 59 | 1 | / |
| Piterã | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pitiram | 50 | 16 | / |
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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 Pesterean
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