Where Does The Last Name Peternek Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Peternek occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peternek? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 1,955,159^th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Peternek live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Peternek is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 1,518,971. In Germany Peternek is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 21 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found. Not including Germany it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 16 percent are found and Poland, where 11 percent are found.

Peternek Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Peternek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peternek surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.