Pentzek Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pentzek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pentzek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1201:670,87952,024
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Pentzek Last Name Facts

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

Pentzek occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pentzek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,415,499th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Pentzek live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pentzek is most common in Germany, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 670,879. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 58 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live and Switzerland, where 6 percent live.

Pentzek Last Name Statistics demography

Pentzek earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.02% more than the national average, earning $55,160 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penzek9269/
Penczek86532/
Penzeck8633/
Penzeuk861/
Pentziok8013/
Pienczek802/
Pencek77487/
Penzik7737/
Pinzek7727/
Penzyk7711/
Penček774/
Penzec771/
Pentschek751/
Piencek7160/
Pendzik7139/
Penzick7130/
Pinczek7112/
Penczyk713/
Pencsek711/
Penchek711/
Pendzyk711/
Penceck711/
Penzeic711/
Pendzick6780/
Piendzik6716/
Pencheck679/
Piontzik674/
Pendzhekova674/
Pendzykh671/
Pienczyk671/

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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 Pentzek
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