Pekem Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pekem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Pekem (15) may also be a first name.
Pekem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekem is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pekem.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Pekem live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pekem is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
It is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia Pekem is primarily concentrated in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pekeme | 91 | 9 | / |
| Poekem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peskem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peckem | 91 | 0 | / |
| Peckhem | 83 | 22 | / |
| Peikeme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Peykeme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poekiem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pakem | 80 | 1,377 | / |
| Pokem | 80 | 498 | / |
| Pekim | 80 | 100 | / |
| Pecem | 80 | 30 | / |
| Pikem | 80 | 28 | / |
| Peckheim | 77 | 0 | / |
| Paikem | 73 | 198 | / |
| Pickem | 73 | 75 | / |
| Pekkim | 73 | 19 | / |
| Pogkem | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pakkem | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pechem | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pockem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Peckim | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pokeam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pokhem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pekgim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phokem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pakiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pakeam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paakem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Packem | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pakkhem | 67 | 413 | / |
| Phakhem | 67 | 136 | / |
| Phekkim | 67 | 99 | / |
| Packhem | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pecheim | 67 | 34 | / |
| Phokhem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peakaim | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pekem
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