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 last name Peikan is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peikan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,076,574th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Peikan reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
Peikan is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 227,487. In Kenya Peikan is mostly concentrated in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live and Meru County, where 0 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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