Pestek Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Pestek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 39 | 1:1,995,421 | 69,208 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Peštek (144) are calculated separately.
Pestek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pestek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pestek is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Peštek. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pestek? popularity and diffusion
Pestek is the 2,605,694th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. Pestek is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Pestek live; 69 percent live in West Asia and 69 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,995,421. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Adana Province, where 59 percent are found, Osmaniye Province, where 38 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 3 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent are found and Poland, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peštek | 94 | 144 | / |
| Piestek | 92 | 1 | / |
| Postek | 83 | 1,896 | / |
| Pistek | 83 | 176 | / |
| Pestyk | 83 | 108 | / |
| Pystek | 83 | 11 | / |
| Pastek | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pestec | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pestík | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pestik | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pesteg | 83 | 1 | / |
| Piestik | 77 | 19 | / |
| Posthek | 77 | 14 | / |
| Pestick | 77 | 13 | / |
| Pishtek | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pisztek | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peshtik | 77 | 1 | / |
| Posteck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfistek | 77 | 1 | / |
| Piostek | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pesteckova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pestkova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Petstick | 71 | 0 | / |
| Postec | 67 | 918 | / |
| Poštek | 67 | 176 | / |
| Pištek | 67 | 167 | / |
| Pestikova | 67 | 70 | / |
| Postik | 67 | 55 | / |
| Pastik | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pestic | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pistik | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pistec | 67 | 18 | / |
| Postyk | 67 | 11 | / |
| Peštik | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pistekova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Peštík | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paštek | 67 | 4 | / |
| Píštek | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pestykova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pestíková | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pistex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pischtiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pestig | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pestek
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