Peša Surname

321,782nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Peša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peša Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia6931:6,102854
Czechia2241:47,4717,925
Bosnia and Herzegovina1991:17,7713,230
Serbia281:255,17713,976
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Pesa (11,028) & Pesä (10) are calculated separately.

Peša (45) may also be a first name.

Peša Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peša is more frequently found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pesa or Pesä. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peša? popularity and diffusion

Peša is the 321,782nd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,282,367 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Peša live; 81 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 45 people.

The surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 693 people, or 1 in 6,102. In Croatia it is mostly found in: Zadar County, where 44 percent are found, Split-Dalmatia County, where 23 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Croatia Peša exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 19 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesa9211,028/
Pejša89457/
Pešat89165/
Peuša8912/
Pesä8310/
Pešaut807/
Peza754,015/
Píša75867/
Pexa75707/
Peça75294/
Pešo75252/
Peţa75153/
Piša7560/
Pýša753/
Peši751/
Peace6744,316/
Pešić6722,132/
Pease6720,391/
Pesoa676,689/
Pecha674,224/
Pezza672,853/
Pessa672,348/
Petsa671,955/
Pesha671,517/
Pesaa671,507/
Peças67951/
Peesa67758/
Pheza67422/
Pesay67376/
Pejsa67234/
Pesah67192/
Pesau67181/
Phesa67170/
Peisa67156/
Peacy67148/
Pesaj67147/
Pesad67136/
Pecia67111/
Piesa6796/
Pesas6793/
Pesai6766/
Pešič6753/
Peusa6753/
Pesea6745/
Pešát6744/
Pesat6741/
Pesia6736/
Pezaa6736/
Pesga6735/
Pexsa6734/
Peçaj6732/
Peaza6730/
Peasa6722/
Peysa6717/
Peasy6715/
Peasi6715/
Peazy6714/
Pecza6711/
Pišša6710/
Puiša679/
Pisea679/
Pesap679/
Pezah676/
Pesza675/
Pezaj675/
Poiša674/
Peaso674/
Pehza673/
Peaxe673/
Peeza673/
Pećiš672/
Pejše671/
Pešeć671/
Pešiš671/
Hpesa671/
Pesôa671/
Pezsa671/
Pečat671/
Peaze671/
Peşea671/
Pešiæ671/
Peyza671/
Peazj671/
Pecea671/
Pexau671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Peša
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