Pavelkova Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Pavelkova Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from the name Pavel, a Czech and west-Slovak equivalent of Latin name Paulus.

Pavelkova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia491:108,90720,583
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
England131:4,286,005132,302
Kazakhstan111:1,607,50079,317
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Pavelková (4,729) & Pavelkovà (1) are calculated separately.

Pavelkova Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from the name Pavel, a Czech and west-Slovak equivalent of Latin name Paulus.

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Pavelkova Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pavelkova (Russian: Павелкова) is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Pavelková or Pavelkovà. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavelkova? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pavelkova is the 1,239,697th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Pavelkova occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Pavelkova reside; 64 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 37 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 108,907. In Slovakia Pavelkova is primarily found in: Nitra Region, where 27 percent reside, Trnava Region, where 22 percent reside and Trenčín Region, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Slovakia this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 24 percent reside and Czechia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pavelkova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pavelkova in the Russian language
Павелковаpavelkova-

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