Pegema Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pegema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Pegema (4) may also be a first name.
Pegema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pegema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pegema occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pegema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Pegema are found; 75 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 75 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 6,192,526th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 4 people.
The surname Pegema is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Pegema is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phegema | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peghetma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pogema | 83 | 25 | / |
| Pesema | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pegoma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pagema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pogemaa | 77 | 34 | / |
| Peghama | 77 | 31 | / |
| Piezema | 77 | 16 | / |
| Peghemo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pegamma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pegetmo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pesiema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phegama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pechema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peghoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peguesmays | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peghamah | 71 | 25 | / |
| Peguetmo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Petchema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pechemma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pagama | 67 | 314 | / |
| Pogoma | 67 | 175 | / |
| Pezemo | 67 | 42 | / |
| Pesemo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pesima | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pigoma | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pagoma | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pigeme | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pogama | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pesyma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pigima | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pecima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Picema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pagima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pigama | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pegema
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