Pecten Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pecten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Pecten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pecten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pecten is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pecten? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pecten is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Pecten is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Pecten are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.
This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Pecten is most common in: Leicestershire, where 50 percent live and Greater London, where 50 percent live. Outside of England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Germany, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pechten | 92 | 10 | / |
| Pecsteen | 86 | 34 | / |
| Pekten | 83 | 41 | / |
| Pectin | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pocten | 83 | 0 | / |
| Picten | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pection | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pecthin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pictaen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pichten | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pakten | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pictin | 67 | 38 | / |
| Pektin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petchting | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pikten | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pychtin | 62 | 28 | / |
| Pekhtin | 62 | 18 | / |
| Pekhtyn | 62 | 4 | / |
| Pakteen | 62 | 4 | / |
| Piction | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pegtion | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pekhtina | 57 | 22 | / |
| Pekhtyna | 57 | 10 | / |
| Petchtim | 57 | 1 | / |
| Piktienė | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pagtn | 55 | 1 | / |
| Piktn | 55 | 1 | / |
| Paktin | 50 | 59 | / |
| Piktin | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Pecten
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