Pesun Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pesun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pesun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Pešun (84) are calculated separately.

Pesun (18) may also be a first name.

Pesun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pesun (Russian: Песун) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pešun. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pesun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Pesun occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 55 percent of Pesun are found; 45 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 45 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Pesun is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.

The surname Pesun is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Pesun is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 95 percent are found and Hela, where 5 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Pesun Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pesun earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.99% more than the national average, earning $57,131 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pešun9384/
Petsun9134/
Pesung9113/
Peshun912/
Pescun911/
Pesund911/
Pessun910/
Petsung8372/
Paessun8329/
Pessung831/
Phetsun831/
Phaesun831/
Peishun831/
Peasunt830/
Pasun80267/
Peson80110/
Posun80104/
Pisun8021/
Pejun8020/
Pecun8017/
Pesum800/
Peshound77109/
Phetsung77106/
Peshutin779/
Pethsung775/
Pessoung771/
Pessaune771/
Peshsung771/
Pesson731,037/
Pashun73378/
Peason73330/
Paszun73181/
Pitsun7389/
Pytsun7377/
Pyshun7376/
Pieson7371/
Phejun7367/
Petjun7343/
Peijun7342/
Piscun7341/
Peyson7337/
Pishun7335/
Peshon7335/
Peison7335/
Paisun7311/
Pisune735/
Pejunk733/
Passun733/
Peeson733/
Pessum732/
Pasaun732/
Pechun732/
Pheson732/
Poshun732/
Pezung732/
Peixun732/
Pehson731/
Peshunova7165/
Peysson67999/
Paytsun67305/
Phaisun67190/
Peschon67175/
Paitsun6794/
Phetsum6775/
Perzhun6773/
Peisson6768/
Phetjun6735/
Peichun6726/
Pechung6722/
Peasson6714/
Piesson6712/
Petchun678/
Paschun675/
Pechjun675/
Pezoune674/
Poschun674/
Peijung674/
Pashaun671/
Phasunn671/
Pheison671/
Peyshon671/
Pashoun671/
Pechoun671/
Pessoum671/
Phoisun671/
Pishung671/
Pethsum671/
Pishoun670/
Phesson670/

Pesun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pesun in the Russian language
Песунpesun-

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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 Pesun
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