Pekiel Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Pekiel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pekiel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekiel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekiel is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pekiel.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekiel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Pekiel live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Pekiel is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Pekiel is most common in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Pekiel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis