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

Pešek is held by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pesek. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pešek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 115,400th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,820,976 people. The last name Pešek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pešek live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Czechia, where it is carried by 3,922 people, or 1 in 2,711. In Czechia it is most numerous in: South Bohemian Region, where 14 percent reside, Prague, where 13 percent reside and Central Bohemian Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Czechia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 1 percent reside and Croatia, where 1 percent reside.

Pešek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pešek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pešek last name decreased 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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