Piessens Surname
Approximately 1,242 people bear this surname
Piessens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,019 | 1:11,282 | 1,650 |
| Netherlands | 112 | 1:150,778 | 22,601 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Piessens Demographics
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Piessens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piessens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Piessens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piessens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 304,881st most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,867,589 people. The surname Piessens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Piessens are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,019 people, or 1 in 11,282. In Belgium Piessens is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Belgium this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Piessens Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Piessens surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
Piessens earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 179.43% more than the national average, earning $120,570 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piesssens | 94 | 1 | / |
| Pissens | 93 | 178 | / |
| Piesens | 93 | 29 | / |
| Paessens | 88 | 334 | / |
| Peussens | 88 | 9 | / |
| Peyssens | 88 | 4 | / |
| Pesens | 86 | 19 | / |
| Peusens | 80 | 247 | / |
| Pietens | 80 | 209 | / |
| Paesens | 80 | 46 | / |
| Piesins | 80 | 11 | / |
| Puisens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pessenz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pessins | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pissins | 80 | 1 | / |
| Piens | 77 | 1,287 | / |
| Paehsens | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pieyns | 71 | 102 | / |
| Pesins | 71 | 4 | / |
| Picens | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pecens | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pusens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phiens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Paeßens | 67 | 510 | / |
| Paijens | 67 | 82 | / |
| Piheyns | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pichens | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pajsens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pietins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pechens | 67 | 1 | / |
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Piessens Reference & Research
Pierssens DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Pierssens 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
- 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 Piessens
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis