Pekai Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Pekai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Pekai (40) may also be a first name.
Pekai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekai (Marathi: पेकई) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. Pekai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Pekai live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pekai is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 40 people.
Pekai is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea Pekai is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 54 percent live, Morobe, where 26 percent live and Bougainville, where 7 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Pekai is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Ukraine, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekai in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकई | peka'i | - |
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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 Pekai
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