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
Average Peca Salary in
United States
$49,586 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peca has its highest incidence in Albania. It may be found in the variant forms: Peça or Péca. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peca? popularity and diffusion
Peca is the 137,699th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,240,254 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Peca reside; 27 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 25 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Peca is also the 400,063rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 456 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is carried by 821 people, or 1 in 3,549. In Albania it is most frequent in: Tirana County, where 63 percent are found, Kukës County, where 18 percent are found and Durrës County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Albania this surname exists in 43 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Peca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Peca has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,430 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Peca last name are 5.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.73% being registered to vote for 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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