Pekele Surname
Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname
Pekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,100 | 1:3,451 | 531 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pekele (138) may also be a first name.
Pekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekele is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pekele is the 193,388th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,350,596 people. The surname Pekele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pekele are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pekele is also the 787,636th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 138 people.
This surname is most widespread in Togo, where it is carried by 2,100 people, or 1 in 3,451. Not including Togo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 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 Pekele
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