Pekana Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Pekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 184 | 1:4,168,834 | 111,526 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Pekana (59) may also be a first name.
Pekana Demographics
Average Pekana Salary in
South Africa
R 111,948
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekana is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,070,546th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Pekana is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Pekana are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pekana is also the 1,282,666th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 59 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 4,168,834. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 52 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 48 percent reside. Outside of India Pekana occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 4 percent reside.
Pekana Last Name Statistics demography
Pekana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.89% less than the national average, earning R 111,948 per year.
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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 Pekana
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