Pakene Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Pakene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Pakene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pakene is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakene? popularity and diffusion
Pakene is the 4,908,606th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Pakene live; 63 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Southern Highlands, where 90 percent live and Hela, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Pakene
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