Meaning of the surname Pech
Pech is a Maya surname of the indigenous type meaning "tick". It is a regional surname. About 65,000 people in Yucatán. The Pech lineage ruled the pre-Hispanic province of Ceh Pech around Motul.
Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Pech appears as either half of a pair: Pech García, López Pech. Read how the two-surname system works.