Pevsner Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Pevsner Surname Definition:

(from a place name) Many people (most of them from White Russia) who have the name Pevsner trace the name to an original Posner (coming from Posen), but the relationship between Posner and Pevsner has not been established.

Pevsner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:2,170,413136,881
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
England131:4,286,005132,302
France131:5,109,440259,941
Israel91:950,84857,975
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Pevsner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) Many people (most of them from White Russia) who have the name Pevsner trace the name to an original Posner (coming from Posen), but the relationship between Posner and Pevsner has not been established.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Pevsner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pevsner is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pevsner? popularity and diffusion

Pevsner is the 1,009,375th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Pevsner is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Pevsner live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 2,170,413. In The United States Pevsner is most frequent in: New York, where 21 percent reside, Maryland, where 20 percent reside and California, where 16 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Pevsner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pevsner surname are 1.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.84% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pevsner earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.7% less than the national average, earning R 183,696 per year and in United States they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $45,571 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pevzner861,987/
Pavsner8659/
Povsner8614/
Pewsner8612/
Pevznere807/
Pevzneri801/
Pevznier801/
Pyevznyer759/
Povzner71107/
Pewzner7157/
Povsnar713/
Pebzner711/
Pavsnar711/
Pevznyr711/
Pimpsner6719/
Pfassner670/
Pfiezner670/
Povšnar57114/
Pfizner572/
Pipzner571/
Pavasunuwar561/

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Pevsner Reference & Research

Pevsner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pevsner
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