Puissant Surname
Approximately 2,892 people bear this surname
Puissant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,971 | 1:33,700 | 4,102 |
| Belgium | 759 | 1:15,147 | 2,315 |
| United States | 53 | 1:6,838,848 | 318,712 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Puissant (176) may also be a first name.
Puissant Demographics
Average Puissant Salary in
United States
$52,201 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Puissant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puissant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puissant is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puissant? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puissant is the 152,208th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,519,898 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Puissant are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Puissant is also the 687,834th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 176 people.
This surname is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 1,971 people, or 1 in 33,700. In France Puissant is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent reside and Grand Est, where 14 percent reside. Other than France this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Puissant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Puissant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,650 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Puissant Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Puissant surname are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 92.86% being registered to vote for the political party.
Puissant earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.98% more than the national average, earning $52,201 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
- 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 Puissant
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