Peško Surname

530,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 610 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Peško Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peško Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2501:21,3463,426
Lithuania1491:20,3663,695
Bosnia and Herzegovina811:43,6595,837
Serbia761:94,0127,688
Czechia471:226,24431,645
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Pesko (696) & Peskó (17) are calculated separately.

Peško Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peško is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pesko or Peskó. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peško? popularity and diffusion

It is the 530,215th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. The surname Peško is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Peško reside; 49 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 49 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 21,346. In Slovakia Peško is most numerous in: Bratislava Region, where 46 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 20 percent reside and Prešov Region, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Lithuania, where 24 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesko93696/
Pieško914/
Peskó8717/
Peška80964/
Piško80208/
Pečko80134/
Pyško8049/
Pezko806/
Pećko802/
Pexko801/
Peshko733,592/
Peszko731,132/
Pechko73753/
Piesko73227/
Peczko7383/
Pejška739/
Pescko735/
Peskos734/
Pyseko731/
Piezko731/
Peskot731/
Peskou731/
Peezko731/
Pieszko67786/
Peschko67132/
Petskos6728/
Petchko679/
Peskosh677/
Pieshko675/
Paiceko675/
Petskou674/
Pechkoh672/
Petskoy671/
Pechkoo671/

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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 Peško
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