Pesky Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pesky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pesky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Pesky (12) may also be a first name.

Pesky Last Name Facts

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

Pesky is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Pesky click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pesky? popularity and diffusion

Pesky is the 2,414,640th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Pesky live; 70 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 8,429,278. In The United States Pesky is most numerous in: Iowa, where 28 percent are found, New York, where 28 percent are found and Idaho, where 21 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.

Pesky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pesky has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 538 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pesky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pesky surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.

Pesky earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.51% less than the national average, earning $33,868 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peskey91222/
Petsky9136/
Peskay9128/
Paesky9120/
Peskys916/
Piesky911/
Petskiy8310/
Peetsky831/
Petskoy831/
Peskaya831/
Peska80592/
Peske80577/
Peski80215/
Pasky80203/
Posky8030/
Pisky8017/
Petschky7715/
Peschsky771/
Pieske73835/
Paskey73547/
Pejski73406/
Poskey73368/
Peszke73253/
Peszka73239/
Peskie73197/
Pečkys73191/
Pescay73172/
Pieskä73152/
Peshka73147/
Poeske73113/
Paeske7393/
Pieski7388/
Peshke7384/
Pescke7372/
Poysky7343/
Peskes7333/
Poskay7328/
Peiske7327/
Petski7324/
Pesket7318/
Paskay7318/
Pitsky7317/
Piskay7316/
Paskuy7314/
Pashky7310/
Poisky7310/
Pyszky738/
Pytsky737/
Peeska737/
Pishky736/
Peshki734/
Peeske734/
Pieska733/
Piskoy732/
Piosky732/
Piskey732/
Peeski732/
Pejska732/
Peiski732/
Possky731/
Peiska731/
Pescki731/
Peskai731/
Peskka731/
Peaske731/
Peskhi731/
Peszki731/
Poeski731/
Pescka730/
Pascky730/
Peschke677,588/
Peisker671,948/
Peschka67967/
Pieszka67287/
Peesker6783/
Paschky6769/
Pytskiy6734/
Peiskee6733/
Pesquey6718/
Pytskyi6717/
Pischky6714/
Piesske6711/
Peashka6710/
Peyshki679/
Piescki678/
Pieszke678/
Pečkytė677/
Pashsky676/
Pettske674/
Perzski674/
Pieskie673/
Paskhay673/
Paeshki673/
Peshkaj673/
Pieshke672/
Paeshke672/
Peshcke672/
Pyshkyi672/
Pitskiy671/
Pechkiy671/
Peeshka671/
Pyskayt671/
Peskich671/
Paescke671/
Petscke671/
Peczkay671/
Pessker671/
Peschké671/
Piszkay671/
Peskitt670/
Pesketh670/
Pitskey670/
Petsker670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pesky
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