Pekere Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Pekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekere occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Pekere is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Pekere are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Pekere is most prevalent in: Jiwaka, where 86 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 14 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and Latvia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Pekere
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