Pekenene Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Pekenene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekenene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana2591:8,4441,491
Lesotho871:23,3634,738
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pekenene (196) may also be a first name.

Pekenene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pekenene occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pekenene.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekenene? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 744,013th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pekenene are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 648,004th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 196 people.

The surname Pekenene is most numerous in Botswana, where it is borne by 259 people, or 1 in 8,444. Aside from Botswana this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 22 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.

Pekenene Last Name Statistics demography

Pekenene earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.53% less than the national average, earning R 100,920 per year.

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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 Pekenene
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