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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs mostly 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 widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 146 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Pekaye is most common in: Hela, where 65 percent reside and National Capital District, where 35 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 46 percent reside.
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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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