Pegain Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Pegain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Pégain (2) are calculated separately.
Pegain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pegain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pegain is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pégain. For other potential spellings of Pegain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pegain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pegain is the 2,876,555th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Pegain are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Pegain is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,509,607. In France Pegain is most common in: Île-de-France, where 57 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 20 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 20 percent live. Barring France this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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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 Pegain
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