Pestić Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pestić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pestić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1011:41,8678,331
Bosnia and Herzegovina181:196,46711,001
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Pestic (44) & Peštić (43) are calculated separately.

Pestić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pestić Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pestić occurs most in Croatia. It may appear as: Pestic or Peštić. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pestić? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,658,108th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Pestić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pestić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Pestić is most numerous in Croatia, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 41,867. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Zadar County, where 89 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 4 percent live and Split-Dalmatia County, where 4 percent live. Other than Croatia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 15 percent live and Serbia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pestic9444/
Peštić9443/
Petić91182/
Postić8332/
Pejtić831/
Pestich77301/
Pesticz771/
Peastic770/
Petiz73594/
Petic73542/
Pitić73239/
Peshtich7119/
Poštić67656/
Pajtić67134/
Petics6781/
Pethic6727/
Petits6719/
Petich6717/
Petici6712/
Pettic679/
Postič676/
Pestec676/
Pestez674/
Phetic671/
Pettiz671/
Pištić671/
Petitz671/
Pietic670/

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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 Pestić
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