Pekala Surname
Approximately 2,039 people bear this surname
Pekala Surname User-submission:
The Pekala surname derives from the Polish surname Pękala, which means 'short, fat man'.
Pekala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 752 | 1:481,993 | 40,795 |
| India | 750 | 1:1,022,754 | 42,900 |
| Poland | 126 | 1:301,657 | 35,796 |
| England | 98 | 1:568,552 | 34,674 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Finland | 41 | 1:134,066 | 12,676 |
| Slovakia | 32 | 1:166,764 | 29,092 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Pékala (4) are calculated separately.
Pekala (205) may also be a first name.
Pekala Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Pekala surname derives from the Polish surname Pękala, which means 'short, fat man'.
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Pekala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekala (Arabic: بيكالا, Marathi: पेकाळा, Oriya: େପକଲା, Russian: Пекала) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Pékala. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekala? popularity and diffusion
Pekala is the 203,963rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,574,078 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Pekala reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pekala is also the 632,267th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 205 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 752 people, or 1 in 481,993. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 19 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 18 percent are found and Maryland, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in India, where 37 percent are found and Poland, where 6 percent are found.
Pekala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pekala last name are 11.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.08% being registered with the party.
The amount Pekala earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 17.21% less than the national average, earning 286,530 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.96% more than the national average, earning $47,017 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning $56,018 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekala in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकाळा | pekala | 72.73 |
| पेकाल | pekala | 18.18 |
| पेकला | pekala | 9.09 |
| Pekala in the Oriya language | ||
| େପକଲା | epakala | 66.67 |
| େପକଲ | epakala | 33.33 |
| Pekala in the Russian language | ||
| Пекала | pekala | - |
| Pekala in the Arabic language | ||
| بيكالا | bykala | - |
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