Pekgenç Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Pekgenç Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 178 | 1:437,199 | 25,899 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Pekgenç Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekgenç Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekgenç is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekgenç? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pekgenç is the 1,276,805th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Pekgenç are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 437,199. In Turkey Pekgenç is most prevalent in: Diyarbakir Province, where 28 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found and Adana Province, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 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 Pekgenç
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