Pešek Surname

115,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Pešek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pešek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia3,9221:2,711208
Slovakia421:127,05823,432
Croatia261:162,63921,299
Serbia111:649,54122,440
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

The alternate forms: Pesek (2,904) are calculated separately.

Pešek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pešek is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Pesek. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pešek.

How Common Is The Last Name Pešek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 115,400th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,820,976 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pešek reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is borne by 3,922 people, or 1 in 2,711. In Czechia it is most common in: South Bohemian Region, where 14 percent are found, Prague, where 13 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 13 percent are found. Beside Czechia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 1 percent are found and Croatia, where 1 percent are found.

Pešek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pešek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pešek surname contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesek932,904/
Pejšek9187/
Pašek801,312/
Peček801,073/
Pišek80845/
Pecek80360/
Pešec80299/
Pešík80125/
Píšek8089/
Pyšek8022/
Pećek8012/
Pošek808/
Pešik803/
Pešeková7722/
Peshek73832/
Peszek73566/
Piecek73455/
Peczek73188/
Peseke73117/
Piesek7358/
Pessek7341/
Pesiek7310/
Pezeck7310/
Pejsek739/
Peseck733/
Pezsek732/
Paseek731/
Paecek731/
Peasek730/
Peschek67820/
Pesheck6782/
Pieszek6754/
Peezick6722/
Peškova6719/
Pasheek6718/
Pecheck6715/
Pesecks678/
Pesczek675/
Peeshek673/
Piesiek672/
Petseek671/
Peashek671/
Pechcek671/
Petsezk671/
Petshek671/
Phoseek671/
Petceek671/
Pesheke671/
Pesshek670/
Peszeke670/
Pedseck670/

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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 Pešek
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