Pekhe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pekhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Pékhé (1) are calculated separately.
Pekhe (92) may also be a first name.
Pekhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekhe is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Pékhé. Click here for other potential spellings of Pekhe.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekhe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Pekhe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Pekhe reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pekhe is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 92 people.
Pekhe is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 100 percent live. Not including Lesotho it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.
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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 Pekhe
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