Pešl Surname

434,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Pešl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pešl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia5981:17,7822,672
Slovenia1761:14,1353,356
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
Croatia61:704,76744,411
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Pesl (636) are calculated separately.

Pešl Last Name Facts

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

Pešl is most common in Czechia. It may also be found as a variant: Pesl. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pešl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 434,504th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,213,080 people. The last name Pešl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pešl are found; 77 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 77 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Pešl is most frequent in Czechia, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 17,782. In Czechia it is most common in: South Bohemian Region, where 19 percent live, Zlín Region, where 13 percent live and South Moravian Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Czechia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 22 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.

Pešl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pešl has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pesl92636/
Pecl75314/
Pišl75207/
Peßl75180/
Pezl7585/
Pejl758/
Pečl758/
Pexl752/
Pešlova731/
Pegel67891/
Pyzel67805/
Perzl67723/
Pesel67564/
Pessl67417/
Posel67358/
Pasel67334/
Pezel67258/
Pecel67246/
Pizel67230/
Peisl67216/
Pisel67214/
Peißl67170/
Pögel67169/
Pösel67168/
Pazel6795/
Pejcl6776/
Pozel6774/
Pigel6772/
Pejzl6767/
Picel6766/
Poesl6760/
Pecil6745/
Pechl6742/
Pycel6738/
Peshl6736/
Paesl6729/
Päsel6726/
Pehsl6722/
Pegil6718/
Piesl6718/
Pesil6711/
Pägel6710/
Peijl679/
Pajšl678/
Piezl677/
Peesl676/
Peszl672/
Pysel672/
Pescl672/
Pezül671/
Pexel671/
Poeßl671/
Pyjel671/

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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 Pešl
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