Pekey Surname
Approximately 771 people bear this surname
Pekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 729 | 1:181,412 | 17,466 |
| Turkey | 34 | 1:2,288,865 | 74,619 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Pekey (13) may also be a first name.
Pekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekey (Tibetan: དཔལ་སྐྱིད།) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pekey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekey is the 443,157th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,452,070 people. Pekey occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Pekey reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname Pekey is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 181,412. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 91 percent are found and Maluku, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 4 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekey in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་སྐྱིད། | palkyi | 50 |
| སྤེལ་ཀེ། | pelké | 16.67 |
| པེ་སྐྱེས་ | pékyé | 16.67 |
| དཔལ་ཀྱིད། | palkyi | 16.67 |
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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 Pekey
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