Peka Surname
Approximately 6,410 people bear this surname
Peka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,313 | 1:15,818 | 2,155 |
| Indonesia | 787 | 1:168,042 | 16,305 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| DR Congo | 650 | 1:113,661 | 12,476 |
| Albania | 649 | 1:4,490 | 845 |
| Papua New Guinea | 352 | 1:23,164 | 2,530 |
| India | 254 | 1:3,019,942 | 90,331 |
| Ukraine | 216 | 1:210,753 | 28,308 |
| United States | 211 | 1:1,717,815 | 113,709 |
| Congo | 133 | 1:37,512 | 3,576 |
| Hungary | 111 | 1:88,435 | 8,728 |
| Russia | 106 | 1:1,359,651 | 95,867 |
| Czechia | 105 | 1:101,271 | 16,761 |
| Poland | 94 | 1:404,348 | 43,186 |
| New Zealand | 88 | 1:51,458 | 8,272 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Latvia | 53 | 1:38,680 | 5,889 |
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Mauritius | 43 | 1:30,079 | 5,976 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Croatia | 14 | 1:302,043 | 29,715 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Péka (2) are calculated separately.
Peka (1,882) may also be a first name.
Peka Demographics
Average Peka Salary in
United States
$49,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peka (Bengali: পেকা, Hindi: पेका, Marathi: पेका, Oriya: େପକା, Russian: Пека, Tibetan: པད་དཀར།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Péka. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 76,443rd most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,136,903 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Peka live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Peka is also the 175,315th most numerous first name globally, borne by 1,882 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,313 people, or 1 in 15,818. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 49 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 19 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 65 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Chad, where 12 percent live.
Peka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Peka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Peka surname increased 1,319 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Peka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Peka last name are 8.53% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.76% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Peka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,114 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.48% less than the national average, earning R 53,520 per year and in United States they earn 13.89% more than the national average, earning $49,143 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peka in the Bengali language | ||
| পেকা | peka | - |
| Peka in the Hindi language | ||
| पेका | peka | - |
| Peka in the Marathi language | ||
| पेका | peka | - |
| Peka in the Oriya language | ||
| େପକା | epaka | 50 |
| େପକ | epaka | 50 |
| Peka in the Tibetan language | ||
| པད་དཀར། | pekar | 28.57 |
| པད་དཀར་ | pekar | 28.57 |
| དཔལ་དཀར། | palkar | 14.29 |
| དཔལ་ཀ་ | palka | 14.29 |
| སྤེ་ཀ་ | péka | 14.29 |
| Peka in the Russian language | ||
| Пека | peka | - |
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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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- 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 Peka
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