Picalek Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Picalek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Picalek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria391:218,34426,757
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Picálek (20) are calculated separately.

Picalek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Picalek is most common in Austria. It may also occur as a variant: Picálek. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Picalek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Picalek is the 2,746,821st most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Picalek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Picalek reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Picalek is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 218,344. In Austria it is mostly found in: Lower Austria, where 62 percent live and Vienna, where 38 percent live. Barring Austria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Picalek
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