Peleke Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Peleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 29 | 1:70,691 | 10,433 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Pelēķe (1) are calculated separately.
Peleke (43) may also be a first name.
Peleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peleke occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Pelēķe. For other possible spellings of Peleke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peleke? popularity and diffusion
Peleke is the 2,061,309th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Peleke live; 52 percent live in Central Africa and 52 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Peleke is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 43 people.
The last name is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 70,691. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 93 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent reside and Semigallia, where 3 percent reside. Barring Latvia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Peleke
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