Pefkou Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pefkou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pefkou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece231:481,73061,288
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pefkou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pefkou is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pefkou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pefkou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pefkou reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 481,730. In Greece Pefkou is mostly found in: Central Macedonia, where 100 percent live. Outside of Greece this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 4 percent live and Cyprus, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pefko913/
Pifko73448/
Pevko73133/
Pafko73101/
Pyfko7313/
Pifku738/
Pefka735/
Pefcu734/
Pevku731/
Pewko731/
Piffko6789/
Piewko6713/
Piefka676/
Pefkay671/
Paevko671/

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