Pekea Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Pekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 40 | 1:1,323,540 | 46,782 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Pekea (114) may also be a first name.
Pekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekea is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekea? popularity and diffusion
Pekea is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Pekea occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Pekea reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Pekea is also the 877,214th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 114 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 1,323,540. In Tanzania Pekea is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Pekea
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