Peikan Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Peikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 203 | 1:227,487 | 15,979 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Peikan (17) may also be a first name.
Peikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peikan is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peikan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,076,574th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name Peikan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Peikan are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Peikan is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 227,487. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live and Meru County, where 0 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Iran, where 0 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 Peikan
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