Pekija Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Pekija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 144 | 1:24,558 | 4,079 |
| Serbia | 39 | 1:183,204 | 11,620 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Pekija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pekija has its highest incidence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekija is the 1,227,038th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pekija are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 24,558. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Pekija is mostly found in: Republika Srpska, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Pekija
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