Pekarek Surname

189,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Pekarek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekarek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5061:240,67723,013
Austria4111:20,7193,234
Germany1031:781,60657,825
Czechia521:204,49029,445
Hungary411:239,42119,309
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Pekárek (1,811) are calculated separately.

Pekarek Last Name Facts

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

Pekarek is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pekárek. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekarek? popularity and diffusion

Pekarek is the 189,000th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,259,189 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Pekarek live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,506 people, or 1 in 240,677. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 13 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Illinois, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 18 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.

Pekarek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pekarek last name are 12.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.3% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pekarek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.09% more than the national average, earning $46,640 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.76% more than the national average, earning $50,063 CAD 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 Pekarek
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