Pekip Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pekip Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Turkey181:4,323,412102,143
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Pekip Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pekip Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pekip is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pekip.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekip? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Pekip is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Pekip are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 53 percent live, Western Highlands, where 42 percent live and West Sepik, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 47 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekkip9138/
Pikip80509/
Pekep8047/
Pakip8012/
Pokaip7320/
Pikipe735/
Pekhiv732/
Pakeip731/
Phikiph674/
Peckepps621/
Pokep6038/
Pakib6032/
Pakep6020/
Picep601/
Pikep601/
Pekhyv5555/
Pokeap5524/
Peykeb551/
Pahkoib5092/
Packepp502/
Picchip502/
Pishkib501/
Packeph501/
Phiccip501/
Pokheap501/
Pickesp500/

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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
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  • 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 Pekip
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