Pechu Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pechu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pechu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon701:296,70127,784
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Peru181:1,765,78523,952
France161:4,151,420237,746
India111:69,733,217610,955
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Pechu (146) may also be a first name.

Pechu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pechu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pechu (Hindi: पेचू, Marathi: पेचू, Oriya: େପଚୁ, Tibetan: དཔེ་ཅུ།) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pechu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pechu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,398,030th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Pechu occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Pechu are found; 45 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Pechu is also the 763,528th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 146 people.

The last name Pechu is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon Pechu is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and Peru, where 12 percent reside.

Pechu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pechu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pechu surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pechu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pechu earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 55.04% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,716 per year and in South Africa they earn 52.08% less than the national average, earning R 113,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petchu91135/
Pechau91103/
Pecheu9188/
Peechu9179/
Pechou9139/
Pechut916/
Pechhu912/
Peichu911/
Piechu911/
Peychu911/
Phechu911/
Peachu911/
Pechus911/
Pedchu911/
Pecu8913/
Pecheux831,181/
Pechoux83748/
Pechous83405/
Pechaud83242/
Petchou83112/
Peschau8399/
Phetchu8397/
Pechouš8371/
Pechuha8350/
Pechout8321/
Peychou838/
Peschut838/
Peschou834/
Petcheu834/
Pechchu833/
Pechaux833/
Petchui832/
Peicheu831/
Petchus831/
Peuchou831/
Pechuih831/
Petchsu831/
Pethchu831/
Pechuth831/
Pechhut831/
Petcu8025,130/
Pachu801,267/
Peicu80380/
Pichu80342/
Pochu80294/
Pecou80245/
Pecuh8041/
Pecau8018/
Pechó8017/
Peshu8013/
Peceu807/
Pehxu807/
Pekhu803/
Peacu801/
Pescheux77585/
Phaechui77194/
Peschaud77131/
Peychaud7779/
Peschoux7762/
Petchouy7750/
Peychaux7734/
Peschaux7732/
Peschaut7713/
Petchaut7713/
Peschout7710/
Phetchui778/
Phetchuy776/
Phetchut775/
Peschoud773/
Pettcheu771/
Petchaud771/
Pechchuy771/
Pacheu73392/
Pichou73381/
Peshut73362/
Pecceu73277/
Pachau73190/
Peiciu73174/
Pachhu73171/
Pochui7349/
Pitchu7345/
Phachu7343/
Peczuh7336/
Pichau7332/
Petshu7332/
Pfachu7329/
Petcou7326/
Pichut7317/
Peakhu7317/
Pachui737/
Pečuch737/
Peceux737/
Pichus736/
Phochu736/
Petcuț734/
Peicuț734/
Peichó733/
Peishu732/
Peizhu732/
Paachu732/
Pheshu732/
Pochuy731/
Peczeu731/
Pychus731/
Puichu731/
Pahchu731/
Pachuy731/
Pychou731/
Paichu731/
Picheu731/
Pichuj731/
Pezhuj731/
Pecius731/
Pehhou731/
Pochau731/
Pocheu731/
Péchou731/
Pezhou731/
Pytchu731/
Pichuz731/
Pichui731/
Peshou731/
Pa'chu731/
Pechoo731/
Pichup730/
Petschuch7110/
Phetchouy714/
Picu671,632/
Pesu671,111/
Pichaud67857/
Pitchou67643/
Pezu67601/
Petchoo67427/
Peju67340/
Phaichu67210/
Pichoud6790/
Pichoux6772/
Petsuch6742/
Pichout6733/
Peciuch6727/
Pischou6727/
Pychuha6724/
Péchoux6723/
Pichaut6718/
Pécheux6715/
Pêcheux6714/
Pitcheu6712/
Phetshu6710/
Phiochu678/
Pexu677/
Péchaud676/
Pècheux674/
Pichchu673/
Pedchoo673/
Pjhu673/
Peshout672/
Peichão671/
Pajchut671/
Pichaus671/
Pichaux671/
Peşu671/
Peţu671/
Peicius671/
Pitchui671/
Pitchut671/
Pîcu671/
Péhu671/
Phochuy671/
Pethsud671/
Pethsut671/
Peachoo671/

Pechu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pechu in the Hindi language
पेचूpecu-
Pechu in the Oriya language
େପଚୁepacu-
Pechu in the Marathi language
पेचूpecu50
पेचुpecu25
पोेचूpoecu25
Pechu in the Tibetan language
དཔེ་ཅུ།péchu14.29
པེ་ཅུ།péchu14.29
དཔེ་ཅུ་péchu14.29
དཔལ་བཅུ།palchu7.14
སྤེས་ཅུ།péchu7.14
པད་ཅུ།péchu7.14
དཔལ་ཆུ།palchu7.14
སྤེས་ཅུ་péchu7.14
དཔེ་བཅུ།péchu7.14
སྤེ་ཅུ།péchu7.14
པི་ཆུ་pichu7.14

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pechu
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