Pekaye Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Pekaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
Pekaye (146) may also be a first name.
Pekaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekaye is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Pekaye live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pekaye is also the 763,528th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 146 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Hela, where 65 percent are found and National Capital District, where 35 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 46 percent are found.
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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 Pekaye
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