Pestiaux Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Pestiaux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 328 | 1:35,051 | 5,704 |
| France | 130 | 1:510,944 | 71,022 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Pestiaux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestiaux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pestiaux is found most in Belgium. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestiaux? popularity and diffusion
Pestiaux is the 651,048th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. Pestiaux is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Pestiaux reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 35,051. In Belgium Pestiaux is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 98 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 28 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Pestiaux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pestiaux has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pestiaux surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pestieaux | 94 | 23 | / |
| Petiaux | 93 | 211 | / |
| Pestiau | 93 | 26 | / |
| Postiaux | 88 | 239 | / |
| Pettiaux | 88 | 126 | / |
| Pestieau | 88 | 77 | / |
| Pistiaux | 88 | 51 | / |
| Pastiaux | 88 | 1 | / |
| Petiau | 86 | 643 | / |
| Petiaud | 80 | 56 | / |
| Petieau | 80 | 28 | / |
| Petiaut | 80 | 20 | / |
| Pettiau | 80 | 6 | / |
| Pétiaux | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poitiaux | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pitiau | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pétiau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petioju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pétieau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phetiou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petiout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paitiau | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pithioux | 63 | 9 | / |
| Petyou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Pittiou | 53 | 2 | / |
| Phetyou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pithioud | 50 | 157 | / |
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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 Pestiaux
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