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Where Does The Last Name Pasternak Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pasternak (Arabic: باسترناك, Georgian: პასტერნაკ, Russian: Пастернак) has its highest incidence in Poland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Pasternák. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pasternak? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 21,618^th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 289,395 people. The last name Pasternak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Pasternak live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 40 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335^th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

Pasternak is most widespread in Poland, where it is held by 10,097 people, or 1 in 3,764. Other than Poland it is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Pasternak Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Pasternak has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pasternak surname rose 344,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pasternak Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Pasternak last name is predominantly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (53%) in Belarus and Orthodox (61%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Pasternak are 11.51% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.74% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pasternak earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.52% less than the national average, earning 257,777 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning $51,757 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.2% more than the national average, earning $61,211 CAD per year.