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
Puissant is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puissant? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 152,208th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,519,898 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Puissant live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 687,834th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 176 people.
The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 1,971 people, or 1 in 33,700. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent are found and Grand Est, where 14 percent are found. Excluding France it occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Puissant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Puissant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Puissant last name rose 2,650 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Puissant Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Puissant surname are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 92.86% being registered with the 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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