Pektaş Surname
Approximately 17,183 people bear this surname
Pektaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 17,174 | 1:4,531 | 653 |
| Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1:106,337 | 8,831 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pektas (690) are calculated separately.
Pektaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pektaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pektaş is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Pektas. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pektaş? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 31,082nd most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 424,114 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Pektaş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 17,174 people, or 1 in 4,531. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent live, Malatya Province, where 14 percent live and Ankara Province, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey Pektaş is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pektas | 94 | 690 | / |
| Pekta | 91 | 1 | / |
| Paktaş | 83 | 169 | / |
| Pekteş | 83 | 34 | / |
| Pekhta | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pektau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pektash | 77 | 15 | / |
| Pikta | 73 | 586 | / |
| Pykta | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pekto | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pecta | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pegta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pektache | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piktas | 67 | 100 | / |
| Pikhta | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pykhta | 67 | 7 | / |
| Paktas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pekhto | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pectah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pescta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peagta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piktash | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pickthau | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pecto | 55 | 233 | / |
| Pikto | 55 | 12 | / |
| Pigta | 55 | 1 | / |
| Picta | 55 | 0 | / |
| Pikhto | 50 | 29 | / |
| Pykhto | 50 | 14 | / |
| Pectto | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pictai | 50 | 1 | / |
| Paktos | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pictoa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pictac | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pectoi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Pigtau | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pektaş
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