Pesnyak Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pesnyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pesnyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus2721:34,9306,041
Russia1341:1,075,54581,217
Kazakhstan271:654,90744,542
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Pesnyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pesnyak (Russian: Песняк) is more frequently found in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pesnyak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pesnyak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 676,370th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The last name Pesnyak is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Pesnyak live; 70 percent live in Eastern Europe and 70 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Belarus, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 34,930. In Belarus Pesnyak is most frequent in: Grodno Region, where 81 percent live, Brest Region, where 11 percent live and Minsk, where 8 percent live. Excluding Belarus this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 30 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent live.

Pesnyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Pesnyak last name are 43.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 90% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peshnyak9334/
Pesnjak8640/
Pesniak8615/
Pisnyak866/
Pesnyakova8230/
Pyshnyak80411/
Pishnyak8079/
Pechnyak8044/
Peshniak8029/
Pesznyák8013/
Piesniak808/
Peshnyakova7813/
Pysniak71133/
Pisnjak7199/
Pečnjak7187/
Pećnjak7129/
Pisniak7121/
Piznyak715/
Pešnjak714/
Pisnyák711/
Pecnjak711/
Pyshniak671,307/
Pyszniak67769/
Pyshnyakova675/
Pishnyakova672/
Pierzniak637/
Pisnyáková591/
Piśniak575/
Pisneac572/
Pyšniak571/
Pizniak571/
Piszniok5326/
Pyszniok5313/
Pychniak5311/
Pichniak532/
Piczniak531/
Pischniok5018/

Pesnyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pesnyak in the Russian language
Песнякpesnak-

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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 Pesnyak
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