Pestoor Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pestoor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pestoor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
United States191:19,076,786604,894
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pestoor Last Name Facts

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

Pestoor is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pestoor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pestoor is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Pestoor is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Pestoor are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Pestoor is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 68 percent reside, Groningen, where 25 percent reside and North Holland, where 4 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

Pestoor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pestoor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pestoor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pestoor surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pestoor earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21.45% less than the national average, earning R 186,672 per year and in United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,054 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pestor9250/
Pastoor862,067/
Pistoor86296/
Pestour86157/
Piestor868/
Phestor862/
Pestore861/
Peastor861/
Petor83112/
Peestore800/
Pastor77143,915/
Pistor771,895/
Postor77544/
Petour7748/
Pestar7720/
Pietor7714/
Petore7711/
Peetor777/
Peator772/
Peutor771/
Pystor771/
Phetor771/
Petord771/
Peytor770/
Pistore711,815/
Pastour71789/
Peytour71287/
Pechtor7129/
Pastohr7116/
Pesteur7110/
Passtor717/
Pfistor715/
Pazstor715/
Phostor714/
Paastor713/
Petoure712/
Pethore712/
Păsztor711/
Phetord711/
Poistor711/
Pastoir711/
Pettord711/
Piestur711/
Pietorz711/
Peithor711/
Peestar711/
Posztor711/
Pasdtor711/
Paitoor711/
Pethord710/
Paistor710/
Petar671,273/
Pitor67353/
Petorova6738/
Petorová676/
Pischtor670/
Posthour670/

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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 Pestoor
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