Pakayi Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Pakayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Zimbabwe | 263 | 1:58,701 | 8,896 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Pakayi (62) may also be a first name.
Pakayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pakayi is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 493,410th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pakayi live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 62 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 404 people, or 1 in 182,870. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pakayi
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