Pekaha Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Pekaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 131 | 1:18,392 | 3,222 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Pekaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekaha is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekaha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pekaha are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Pekaha is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 18,392. In Namibia Pekaha is mostly found in: Kunene Region, where 99 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 3 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 Pekaha
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