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 borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Pékhé. For other possible spellings of Pekhe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekhe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Pekhe is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Pekhe live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most common first name world-wide It is held by 92 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, 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 Pekhe
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