Peternek Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Peternek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Peternek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peternek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peternek occurs most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peternek? popularity and diffusion
Peternek is the 1,955,159th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Peternek live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,518,971. In Germany Peternek is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 21 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany Peternek occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 16 percent live and Poland, where 11 percent live.
Peternek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peternek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Peternek surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterneck | 94 | 3 | / |
| Peternik | 88 | 7 | / |
| Peternec | 88 | 4 | / |
| Paternek | 88 | 4 | / |
| Petrenek | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pesternik | 82 | 10 | / |
| Peternick | 82 | 3 | / |
| Peternaik | 82 | 2 | / |
| Peşternik | 82 | 1 | / |
| Petrenik | 75 | 56 | / |
| Petrenec | 75 | 20 | / |
| Paternik | 75 | 16 | / |
| Petrenyk | 75 | 5 | / |
| Peternikova | 74 | 36 | / |
| Pisternik | 71 | 12 | / |
| Piternick | 71 | 6 | / |
| Potternik | 71 | 5 | / |
| Peternics | 71 | 3 | / |
| Petrenick | 71 | 3 | / |
| Piterniks | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patiernik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piternaik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petreneac | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paternaik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petyrnike | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pisternick | 67 | 17 | / |
| Piternikova | 63 | 13 | / |
| Petrenic | 63 | 3 | / |
| Pothornik | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Peternek
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