Pekam Surname
Approximately 590 people bear this surname
Pekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 294 | 1:70,643 | 8,863 |
| India | 283 | 1:2,710,478 | 84,163 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Pekam (80) may also be a first name.
Pekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekam (Marathi: पेकम, Russian: Пекам) is found most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 543,414th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Pekam live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Pekam is also the 1,075,395th most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 80 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 70,643. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 40 percent are found, Centre Region, where 36 percent are found and West Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 48 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekam in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकम | pekama | 97.24 |
| पेकाम | pekama | 2.76 |
| Pekam in the Russian language | ||
| Пекам | pekam | - |
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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 Pekam
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