Pekgenç Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Pekgenç Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pekgenç 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
Turkey1781:437,19925,899
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

Pekgenç Last Name Facts

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

Pekgenç occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekgenç? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,276,805th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Pekgenç live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

Pekgenç is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 437,199. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Diyarbakir Province, where 28 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 18 percent reside and Adana Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside.

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
Pesgens7154/
Peksens7136/
Peguens711/
Peschgens6311/
Peguenche637/
Pagens6210/
Pigens621/
Peggins57189/
Piksens5739/
Peginse575/
Pikcens572/
Pheegnz571/
Piggens570/
Peguinche501/
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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 Pekgenç
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