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 held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekea is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is mostly 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 numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 114 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,323,540. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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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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