Pekeler Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pekeler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekeler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany881:914,83564,706
Turkey571:1,365,28855,259
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336

Pekeler Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pekeler Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pekeler is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekeler? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pekeler is the 1,453,389th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Pekeler are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 914,835. In Germany Pekeler is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 52 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Hamburg, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 39 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekele922,175/
Pekeleu8627/
Pekeles8615/
Pekelei8612/
Piekele863/
Pekelir862/
Pekehle861/
Phekele861/
Petkele861/
Pekeley861/
Peketle861/
Pfekele861/
Pekhele861/
Pickeler802/
Pekhelei801/
Pekile77146/
Pekeli7772/
Pikele7771/
Pekela7770/
Peikeilei751/
Pykeleu7139/
Pekelys7117/
Pekitle7113/
Peekile717/
Pekyles714/
Petkeli714/
Pechele712/
Phekela712/
Pikaler712/
Phekile711/
Peccele711/
Pakaler711/
Phikele711/
Peckela711/
Pekkela711/
Pickele710/
Petkelis6780/
Pikesley6741/
Peckelis6713/
Pequelet676/
Peskelis671/
Phakaler671/
Pikelech671/
Pickeles671/
Pekkeeli671/
Peaceley671/

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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
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  • 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 Pekeler
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