Pechanek Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Pechanek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pechanek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria261:327,51736,002
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Pechánek (153) are calculated separately.

Pechanek Last Name Facts

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

Pechanek is most common in Austria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pechánek. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pechanek? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Pechanek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Pechanek live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Pechanek is most numerous in Austria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 327,517. In Austria Pechanek is most prevalent in: Vienna, where 73 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 27 percent are found. Besides Austria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 39 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Pechanek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pechanek are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Pechanek earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.36% more than the national average, earning $49,775 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 Pechanek
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