Czech surnames
Pešek: what the name means
Pešek: from the first name Petr, or pěší, “on foot”.
In January 2017, 8,560 people in Czechia were named Pešek or Pešková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,057
- Around České Budějovice349
- Around Brno267
- Around Chrudim264
- Around Hradec Králové204
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Pesek.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Pešek mean?
Pešek: from the first name Petr, or pěší, “on foot”.
How many people are called Pešek in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,560 people in Czechia were named Pešek or Pešková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Pešek most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,057), České Budějovice (349), Brno (267).