Pekar Surname
Approximately 7,339 people bear this surname
Pekar Surname User-submission:
Pekar is a occupational surname, which means 'baker'.
Pekar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,620 | 1:223,740 | 21,657 |
| Ukraine | 1,204 | 1:37,810 | 5,458 |
| Iran | 1,155 | 1:66,478 | 7,006 |
| Pakistan | 701 | 1:254,841 | 5,714 |
| Belarus | 602 | 1:15,782 | 2,539 |
| Russia | 440 | 1:327,552 | 32,963 |
| Czechia | 250 | 1:42,534 | 7,048 |
| Turkey | 203 | 1:383,357 | 23,582 |
| Slovakia | 190 | 1:28,087 | 4,828 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Serbia | 141 | 1:50,673 | 4,911 |
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Austria | 76 | 1:112,045 | 15,874 |
| Poland | 63 | 1:603,313 | 54,622 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Croatia | 49 | 1:86,298 | 14,514 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Afghanistan | 46 | 1:698,982 | 7,726 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Pekár (1,697), Pekař (961), Pékar (1) & Pekář (1) are calculated separately.
Pekar (528) may also be a first name.
Pekar Surname Meaning
Pekar Demographics
Average Pekar Salary in
United States
$43,701 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pekar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekar (Hindi: पेकर, Marathi: पेकर, Oriya: େପକର, Russian: Пекарь, Tibetan: པད་དཀར།) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pekár, Pekař, Pékar or Pekář. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekar is the 67,764th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 992,989 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Pekar are found; 36 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 28 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Pekar is also the 367,169th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 528 people.
The surname Pekar is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,620 people, or 1 in 223,740. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 26 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Pekar occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 16 percent are found and Iran, where 16 percent are found.
Pekar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pekar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pekar surname increased 6,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pekar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Orthodox (63%) in Belarus and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Pekar last name are 1.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.31% registered with the party.
The amount Pekar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.48% less than the national average, earning R 48,768 per year; in United States they earn 1.28% more than the national average, earning $43,701 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.13% more than the national average, earning $52,731 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekar in the Oriya language | ||
| େପକର | epakara | - |
| Pekar in the Hindi language | ||
| पेकर | pekara | 77.78 |
| पैकर | paikara | 11.11 |
| पकर | pakara | 5.56 |
| पेकार | pekara | 5.56 |
| Pekar in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकर | pekara | 60 |
| पॅकर | pekara | 40 |
| Pekar in the Tibetan language | ||
| པད་དཀར། | pekar | 42.86 |
| དཔལ་དཀར་ | palkar | 14.29 |
| དཔེ་དཀར། | pékar | 7.14 |
| སྤེ་དཀར། | pékar | 7.14 |
| དཔེ་དཀར་ | pékar | 7.14 |
| པེ་དཀར། | pékar | 7.14 |
| དཔལ་དཀར། | palkar | 7.14 |
| པད་དཀར་ | pekar | 7.14 |
| Pekar in the Russian language | ||
| Пекарь | pekar | - |
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