Piernik Surname

433,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 794 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Piernik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piernik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland6851:55,4878,737
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Czechia121:886,12273,425
France41:16,605,680368,153
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Pierník (3) are calculated separately.

Piernik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piernik is found most in Poland. It may also occur as a variant: Pierník. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piernik? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 433,161st most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. Piernik is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Piernik live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Poland, where it is carried by 685 people, or 1 in 55,487. Not including Poland it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Piernik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Piernik surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% registered to vote for the party.

Piernik earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.65% more than the national average, earning $45,587 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pierník953/
Piernick9370/
Pierznik9352/
Pernik92200/
Pirnik92161/
Piernicke8811/
Pietrznik881/
Pernick86449/
Perniok8642/
Pirnaik8631/
Pirnick866/
Pernaik866/
Phernik861/
Pierniková8215/
Peernaik806/
Phirnaik803/
Perniske801/
Pernek77720/
Perník77103/
Pärnik77101/
Pernig7789/
Pirník7746/
Pernic7745/
Pernix7729/
Pernyk7728/
Purnik7719/
Pirnig7711/
Pirnic777/
Pirnyk777/
Prenik773/
Pernikova75161/
Pirniková756/
Peernaick754/
Peerenaik751/
Petrennik751/
Pournik71319/
Purnick7190/
Petrnek7116/
Prenick7115/
Poernig7114/
Pernigg7114/
Pernoix7110/
Pernickova718/
Perneck716/
Pierníková713/
Purnaik711/
Pernique679/
Perinnikova677/
Pirnique677/
Pernecke675/
Prenicke670/

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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 Piernik
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