Pesä Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pesä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pesä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland91:610,74534,002
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Pesa (11,028) & Peša (1,160) are calculated separately.

Pesä Last Name Facts

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

Pesä occurs most in Finland. It may occur in the variant forms: Pesa or Peša. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pesä? popularity and diffusion

Pesä is the 6,063,924th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Pesä live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Pesä is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 610,745. In Finland it is most common in: Northern Savonia, where 89 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Finland it is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesa9211,028/
Peša831,160/
Pesi752,794/
Pese75912/
Pesy7586/
Pesè751/
Pesé751/
Pesce6732,460/
Pease6720,391/
Pesoa676,689/
Pesci673,816/
Pessi672,771/
Pessa672,348/
Petse671,580/
Pesse671,535/
Pesha671,517/
Pesaa671,507/
Peces671,498/
Paese671,475/
Pessy67849/
Pecis67839/
Peesa67758/
Peise67431/
Peset67411/
Petsi67381/
Pesay67376/
Pesis67365/
Poesy67362/
Poese67350/
Pesić67268/
Pegis67267/
Pejsa67234/
Peshi67220/
Peuse67203/
Pesez67185/
Paesi67182/
Phesa67170/
Peisa67156/
Pesaj67147/
Peshe67115/
Peese67113/
Phesi67110/
Pesit67105/
Piesa6796/
Piese6793/
Pedse6784/
Pesie6777/
Pesei6769/
Pesai6766/
Phese6765/
Peser6764/
Peges6758/
Poesi6758/
Pices6745/
Pesea6745/
Pesoi6739/
Pesey6733/
Pesze6728/
Pises6725/
Peses6724/
Peasa6722/
Peysa6717/
Peseu6716/
Peasy6715/
Peasi6715/
Petsy6714/
Pehse6714/
Pesys6713/
Peisi6712/
Pesid6710/
Pesee678/
Piges677/
Piesy676/
Peshy676/
Pessé676/
Pesza675/
Pexsy673/
Pesae672/
Peyse672/
Pesxi672/
Pezis672/
Pesjö672/
Peusy671/
Peseh671/
Pesiy671/
Pizes671/
Pesoy671/
Pesôa671/
Pezes671/
Pessê671/
Hpesa671/
Pezsa671/
Peusi671/
Pejse671/
Pedsi671/
Pesyo671/
Pesih671/
Päysä671/
Phesy671/
Pesxe671/
Paesy670/
Pescy670/
Pyces670/
Pyzes670/

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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 Pesä
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