Peku Surname
Approximately 912 people bear this surname
Peku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Indonesia | 142 | 1:931,332 | 69,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| Ukraine | 35 | 1:1,300,648 | 109,855 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Albania | 31 | 1:94,002 | 9,372 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Montenegro | 17 | 1:37,621 | 2,828 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Peku (448) may also be a first name.
Peku Demographics
Peku Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Peku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peku (Hindi: पेकू, Marathi: पेकु, Oriya: େପକୁ, Russian: Пеку) is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peku? popularity and diffusion
Peku is the 388,780th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,990,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Peku reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 404,611th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 448 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Apart from Ghana it exists in 28 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
Peku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Peku last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Peku surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Peku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.09% less than the national average, earning R 54,432 per year and in United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peku in the Oriya language | ||
| େପକୁ | epaku | - |
| Peku in the Hindi language | ||
| पेकू | peku | 80 |
| पेकु | peku | 20 |
| Peku in the Marathi language | ||
| पेकु | peku | 60.71 |
| पेकू | peku | 35.71 |
| पंेकु | pameku | 3.57 |
| Peku in the Russian language | ||
| Пеку | peku | - |
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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 Peku
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