Peca Surname
Approximately 3,253 people bear this surname
Peca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 821 | 1:3,549 | 647 |
| Italy | 432 | 1:141,566 | 22,429 |
| United States | 329 | 1:1,101,699 | 79,755 |
| Romania | 274 | 1:73,277 | 8,722 |
| Czechia | 222 | 1:47,899 | 7,989 |
| Poland | 207 | 1:183,617 | 25,035 |
| Brazil | 171 | 1:1,251,897 | 43,012 |
| Argentina | 146 | 1:292,763 | 23,421 |
| Canada | 142 | 1:259,476 | 24,513 |
| India | 125 | 1:6,136,523 | 142,720 |
| Philippines | 90 | 1:1,124,869 | 91,280 |
| Moldova | 55 | 1:64,752 | 8,848 |
| Serbia | 49 | 1:145,815 | 10,189 |
| Latvia | 41 | 1:50,001 | 7,602 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Bolivia | 16 | 1:663,527 | 4,447 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Peça (294) & Péca (1) are calculated separately.
Peca (456) may also be a first name.
Peca Demographics
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Peca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peca is found most frequently in Albania. It can be rendered as a variant: Peça or Péca. Click here for further possible spellings of Peca.
How Common Is The Last Name Peca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,699th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,240,254 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Peca live; 27 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 25 percent live in Albano-Europe. Peca is also the 400,063rd most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 456 people.
It is most prevalent in Albania, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 3,549. In Albania it is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 63 percent reside, Kukës County, where 18 percent reside and Durrës County, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Albania Peca is found in 43 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Peca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peca has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peca surname rose 1,430 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Peca surname are 5.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.73% being registered with the party.
The amount Peca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 2.82% less than the national average, earning €29,183 per year; in Peru they earn 39.99% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,632 per year; in United States they earn 14.92% more than the national average, earning $49,586 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.81% more than the national average, earning $62,011 CAD per year.
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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
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