Pecto Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pecto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pecto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2311:438,26154,279
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Pecto (46) may also be a first name.

Pecto Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pecto is most common in The Philippines. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pecto? popularity and diffusion

Pecto is the 1,067,497th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pecto live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 46 people.

It is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 438,261. In The Philippines it is most common in: Western Visayas, where 78 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 5 percent live and National Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Barring The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pechto916/
Pectto911/
Pectoi911/
Picto8046/
Pekto806/
Pecta804/
Petchtoy771/
Pechta73338/
Pictou73159/
Pichto739/
Pekhto734/
Pescta731/
Piocto731/
Pectah731/
Pictoa731/
Petchta672/
Phictto671/
Puiqeto671/

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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 Pecto
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