Pestus Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pestus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pestus (93) may also be a first name.
Pestus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pestus is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Pestus occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Pestus are found; 57 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 57 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 986,211th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 93 people.
The surname Pestus is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 75 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 25 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Argentina, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Pestus
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