Pekala

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Pekala is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Polish Pękala or Pękała.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 6.8K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 46K
  • NONorway1 in 195K

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.

Poland (measured from records)

5,655 people, 2026

Sources
61 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Polish Pękala or Pękała.

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pekala 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 Pekala is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland5,6551 in 6.8K2.9KPekala61
US United States5881 in 566K588Pekala45
IN India1871 in 7.1M187—2
GB United Kingdom≈160 est.≈1 in 415K23Pekala22
IT Italy≈140 est.≈1 in 458K—Pekala3
FI Finland1201 in 46K120Pekala6
NO Norway281 in 195K28Pekala4
DK Denmark141 in 419K14——

5,655 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026, counting the spelling pękala. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

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

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Pękala

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Pékala, Pękala

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pękala

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Pękala

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Pękala, Pȩkala

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Pękala

28 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Pekala,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Pekala
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010588#37,792
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020530#43,829
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000525#39,444
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—399#8,487
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—187#18,576
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—120#11,138
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—51—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—28#36,998
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200223#82,763
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—14#31,235
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20269—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#145,776

Reference works 2

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 Pekala mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Polish Pękala or Pękała. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Pekala?
A machine transcription gives /pɪˈkɑɫə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pekala have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Pekala, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pekala.
Where is Pekala most common?
Pekala is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pekala?
In Poland, the national register counted 5,655 people named Pekala in 2026, about 1 in 6.8 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, “Pekala”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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