Prestan Surname

431,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Panama
Highest density in:
Panama

Prestan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prestan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Panama5241:7,466761
Colombia1911:250,1265,399
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Iran281:2,742,23386,474
Honduras131:678,1883,875
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Prestán (4) are calculated separately.

Prestan (41) may also be a first name.

Prestan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prestan is found most frequently in Panama. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Prestán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prestan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 431,914th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. The surname Prestan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Prestan reside; 67 percent reside in Central America and 67 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 1,590,275th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 41 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Panama, where it is held by 524 people, or 1 in 7,466. In Panama Prestan is most common in: Panamá Province, where 38 percent reside, Colón Province, where 37 percent reside and Guna Yala, where 13 percent reside. Other than Panama it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Prestan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prestan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prestan surname grew 483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prestan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Prestan are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Prestan earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 23.22% less than the national average, earning $17,430,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 21.57% less than the national average, earning $33,840 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Prestan
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