Pekum Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Pekum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Pekum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pekum is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pekum live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Pekum is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Pekum is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 47 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 44 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Pekum exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piekum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Peekum | 91 | 2 | / |
| Pekoum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pedkum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peakum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Pekkum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peckum | 91 | 0 | / |
| Phetkum | 83 | 27 | / |
| Petkhum | 83 | 22 | / |
| Peckumm | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pechkum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Peugkum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peckhum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Petkoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pethkum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pokum | 80 | 80 | / |
| Pakum | 80 | 76 | / |
| Pekom | 80 | 5 | / |
| Pikum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pecum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phetkhum | 77 | 27 | / |
| Phaekhum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pechkhum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phakum | 73 | 65 | / |
| Phokum | 73 | 60 | / |
| Pakhum | 73 | 55 | / |
| Pokhum | 73 | 9 | / |
| Pokkum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pedcum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pehkom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pekhom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pokoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pitkum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puykum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pohkum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paikum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peckom | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pokkhum | 67 | 191 | / |
| Phokhum | 67 | 15 | / |
| Pakkhum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phakhum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pescume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peckhom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paykhum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peakhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Packuim | 67 | 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
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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 Pekum
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