Pekete Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Pekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Pekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekete is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pekete.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pekete is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Pekete live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 367,577. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 93 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Malawi, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Pekete
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