How common is the surname Pesek?

1,417 people in the United States had the surname Pesek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pesek?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pesek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pesek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Pesek

A Czech surname, carried by 1,417 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pesek is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Pešek.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,417 people named Pesek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

#19,166

rank among US surnames

1,417

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,510)

Who is named Pesek

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Pesek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pesek come from?: Borrowed from Czech Pešek.
How common is the surname Pesek?: 1,417 people in the United States had the surname Pesek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pesek?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pesek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pesek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, down 4.5%.