# Pekar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pekar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,108 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,065 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 278,651 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.1% (1,168 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Czech pekař (“baker”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pekar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pekar in the United States.

## People named Pekar

- Harvey Pekar, American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)

## Similar surnames

Puskar, Packer, Pizarro, Peguero, Pecora, Passaro, Pecor, Paucar, Picker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.