Pekash Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Pekash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Pekash (11) may also be a first name.
Pekash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekash (Hindi: पेकाश, Marathi: पेकाश, Russian: Пекаш) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekash? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. Pekash occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pekash are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pekash is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 19,176,635. In India it is most frequent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 68 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 25 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 8 percent reside. Besides India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 40 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekash in the Hindi language | ||
| पेकाश | pekasa | 96 |
| प्रकाश | prakasa | 4 |
| Pekash in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकाश | pekasa | 62.5 |
| काश | kasa | 37.5 |
| Pekash in the Russian language | ||
| Пекаш | pekas | - |
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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 Pekash
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