Pekals Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pekals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pekals Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pekals is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekals? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Pekals is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Pekals are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,583,510. In Belarus it is mostly found in: Mogilev Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Belarus Pekals occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokals831/
Pekeles7715/
Pecales771/
Pickals770/
Piskals770/
Pescales711/
Packales711/
Pikols676/
Pacales622/
Pekholz621/
Pacalles5792/
Peckholz574/
Pickeles571/
Pescoles571/
Pocalles571/
Picols506/

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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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  • 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 Pekals
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