Pitstra Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pitstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pitstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2431:69,49511,836
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pitstra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pitstra is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pitstra.

How Common Is The Last Name Pitstra? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pitstra is the 978,274th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Pitstra are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 69,495. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 54 percent live, North Holland, where 17 percent live and Gelderland, where 7 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Pitstra Last Name Statistics demography

Pitstra earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,788 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petstra8671/
Pishtra869/
Piestra862/
Poistras802/
Pisztrai801/
Pistro7793/
Pestra7723/
Pystra774/
Pestrea71279/
Pisztró718/
Piestro712/
Picstro711/
Pestray711/
Piostro711/
Poistro711/
Peistrop672/
Pistrosch639/
Pistreich638/
Pestro6220/
Pestrá621/
Pestros5716/
Peastro5716/
Pestross531/
Pestreich5045/

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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 Pitstra
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