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 found most in Tanzania. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pekea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Pekea is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Pekea are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most common first name on earth It is held by 114 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,323,540. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found 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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