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 has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pekum.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekum? popularity and diffusion
Pekum is the 2,808,717th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Pekum occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pekum reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 47 percent live, Northwest Region, where 44 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon Pekum occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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
- 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 Pekum
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