Pekçetin Surname

496,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 665 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pekçetin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pekçetin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6641:117,2019,817
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Pekcetin (4) are calculated separately.

Pekçetin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pekçetin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pekçetin is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pekcetin. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pekçetin.

How Common Is The Last Name Pekçetin? popularity and diffusion

Pekçetin is the 496,112th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,958,716 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Pekçetin are found; 76 percent are found in West Asia and 76 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 117,201. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 28 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 15 percent are found and Kayseri Province, where 11 percent are found. Other than Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pekcetin964/
Pekchetin822/
Pekshin67122/
Pekshen677/
Pekcene672/
Peksene671/
Pekshina6368/
Peksiene631/
Pexine571/
Pechsatien564/
Pheakchean561/
Peccine5326/
Pegshin531/
Pikshin531/
Pecshen531/
Peksayın5024/
Pikshina502/
Pecseyne501/

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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 Pekçetin
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