Pecheny Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pecheny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pecheny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Belgium261:442,17945,013
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

The alternate forms: Pécheny (1) are calculated separately.

Pecheny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pecheny is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Pécheny. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pecheny? popularity and diffusion

Pecheny is the 1,497,948th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Pecheny occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Pecheny live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 5,177,985. In The United States Pecheny is most frequent in: New York, where 40 percent are found, South Dakota, where 17 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States Pecheny occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 19 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.

Pecheny Last Name Statistics demography

Pecheny earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.99% more than the national average, earning $54,794 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 Pecheny
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