Pekepeke Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Gabon

Pekepeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pekepeke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Pekepeke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pekepeke occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekepeke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Pekepeke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pekepeke live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Not including The DR Congo Pekepeke occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peketpeket892/
Pekopake758/
Pekipeki754/
Pekipekit711/
Piketpiket674/
Pekipaki6325/
Pekitpikit561/
Pokipoki5022/
Pakipaki5016/
Pikipiki503/
Pokipaki500/
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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 Pekepeke
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