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 has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be found as: Pektas. For other potential spellings of Pektaş click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pektaş? popularity and diffusion
Pektaş is the 31,082nd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 424,114 people. The last name Pektaş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Pektaş reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Pektaş is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 17,174 people, or 1 in 4,531. In Turkey Pektaş is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 14 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Turkey it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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