- 2,389
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Pasternak
Meaning & Origins
Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish, Ukrainian, and eastern Yiddish pasternak ‘parsnip’ (via Middle High German from Latin pastinaca), apparently a nickname or in the case of the Jewish surname, an ornamental name.
| 11,337th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,389
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Pasternak per capita
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