Pepeke Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pepeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pepeke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Pepeke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pepeke is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pepeke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepeke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Pepeke are found; 62 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 62 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 63 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 38 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pepek91474/
Pepiekeu861/
Pepece8369/
Pepeka8315/
Papeke8312/
Pejpek838/
Popeke833/
Pepekh833/
Peupek831/
Pepeki831/
Pepake831/
Pepekai7727/
Pepekay7710/
Pepekha773/
Pepecki771/
Pipek73630/
Pepik7361/
Pepyk734/
Pípek734/
Pypek734/
Pepík732/
Pepec732/
Peshpeky7120/
Papake671,563/
Pišpek67279/
Pepice6783/
Papike6770/
Papeki6725/
Pipeki6717/
Pipike6714/
Popake6711/
Pepyok679/
Piepik678/
Pispek677/
Phipek677/
Pipiek675/
Pipake675/
Popoke674/
Pepeikova671/
Pajpek671/
Pepika671/
Popike671/
Popeki671/
Peepik671/
Pepegh671/
Piphek671/
Papoke671/

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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 Pepeke
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