Pekes Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Pekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
The alternate forms: Pekeş (52) are calculated separately.
Pekes (19) may also be a first name.
Pekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekes occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Pekeş. For other possible spellings of Pekes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pekes live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pekes is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Pekes is primarily found in: Plateau, where 81 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 18 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 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
- 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 Pekes
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