Podestá Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Podestá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Podesta (11,064), Podestà (326) & Podestä (1) are calculated separately.
Podestá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Podestá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Podestá is more frequently found in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Podesta, Podestà or Podestä. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Podestá? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,674,734th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Podestá is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Podestá are found; 86 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
The surname Podestá is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 763,275. In Argentina Podestá is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 71 percent reside, Catamarca Province, where 9 percent reside and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 7 percent reside. Beside Argentina this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 19 percent reside and Uruguay, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podesta | 95 | 11,064 | / |
| Podestà | 95 | 326 | / |
| Podestä | 95 | 1 | / |
| Podestát | 93 | 40 | / |
| Podesto | 86 | 116 | / |
| Podesti | 86 | 3 | / |
| Podestat | 80 | 35 | / |
| Podestad | 80 | 3 | / |
| Podestio | 80 | 0 | / |
| Podester | 80 | 0 | / |
| Podeto | 77 | 3 | / |
| Padeste | 71 | 44 | / |
| Podeito | 71 | 26 | / |
| Podetta | 71 | 10 | / |
| Padesta | 71 | 4 | / |
| Padesto | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pedesto | 71 | 0 | / |
| Podexta | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pedesta | 71 | 0 | / |
| Podishti | 67 | 7 | / |
| Podishty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Podistas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Podestá
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