Pešl

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: JÚĽŠ SAV, 1995

/ˈpɛʃl̩/(recorded in a dictionary) Czech · from Wiktionary

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Pešl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

  • CZCzechia1 in 18K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 143K
  • ARArgentina1 in 1.6M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

599 people

Record sources
22 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pesl in US United States.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Pešl 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 Pešl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia5991 in 18K604Pešl22
US United States1371 in 2.4M137Pesl6
SK Slovakia381 in 143K38Pešl3
AR Argentina281 in 1.6M28——
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3—1

599 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; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

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

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Slovenia

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Pesl

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Pesl

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pesl

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Colombia, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pesl

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Pesl, Песл

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Pesl

1 further group 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)

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 Pešl,Dear Pešl, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Pešl,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Pešl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—604#2,363
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—599#2,478
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199538—

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Pešl?
It depends on the language: in Czech /ˈpɛʃl̩/ (Wiktionary); in Slovak /peʃl/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Pešl have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 599 people named Pešl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pešl.
Where is Pešl most common?
Pešl is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 18 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pešl?
In Czechia, the national register counted 599 people named Pešl, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.

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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, “Pešl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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