Pekau Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Pekau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
Pekau Demographics
Average Pekau Salary in
United States
$50,089 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pekau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekau is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,882,912th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Pekau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Pekau live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 42 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 198,871. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: National Capital District, where 41 percent live, Central, where 32 percent live and Gulf, where 15 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 23 percent live.
Pekau Last Name Statistics demography
Pekau earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.08% more than the national average, earning $50,089 USD 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
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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
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