Pekaan Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Pekaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pekaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekaan is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekaan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekaan is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Pekaan are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Pekaan is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Pekaan is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 9 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
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- 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 Pekaan
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