Pešek

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pɛʃɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pešek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Czech Pešek.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 2.8K(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 16K
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

3,838 people

Sources
86 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pesek in US United States, GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Czech Pešek.

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pešek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pešek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#2523,8381 in 2.8K3.8KPešek56
US United States—1,4171 in 235K1.5KPesek86
MY Malaysia—≈230 est.≈1 in 142K—Pesek5
HK Hong Kong—≈210 est.≈1 in 34K—Pesek1
GB United Kingdom—≈170 est.≈1 in 399K—Pesek13
SI Slovenia—1341 in 16K134—1
SK Slovakia—661 in 82K66Pešek12
SG Singapore—≈62 est.≈1 in 100K—Pesek2

3,838 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pešek is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Slovenia, Singapore

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Pesek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pesek

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Pesek, Pes̆ek

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Pesek

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Pesek

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

    Also written Pesek, Pësëk

8 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Karel Pešek, b. 1895Ladislav Pešek, b. 1906Luděk Pešek, b. 1919Jiří Pešek, b. 1927Libor Pešek, b. 1933Jiří Pešek, b. 1954Michal Pešek, b. 1959Lukáš Pešek, b. 1985Karel Pešek, b. 1992Jakub Pešek, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Pešek,Dear Pešek, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Pešek,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Pešek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—3.8K#225
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—3.8K#225
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—3.8K#225
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199566—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pešek mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Czech Pešek. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Pešek?
A machine transcription gives /pɛʃɛk/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Pešek have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 3.8 thousand people named Pešek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pešek.
Where is Pešek most common?
Pešek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pešek?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3,838 people named Pešek, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
How common is Pešek compared with other names?
In Czechia, Pešek is the 252nd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pešek” — the 252nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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