Pequ Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Pequ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pequ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pequ Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pequ is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pequ? popularity and diffusion

Pequ is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Pequ live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 80 percent are found and Free State, where 20 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 14 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peque891,379/
Pegqu891/
Petqu891/
Pequt891/
Peiqu891/
Peq869/
Pesque80194/
Pecque80113/
Peique8041/
Pehque801/
Phenqu801/
Peeque801/
Pecq7556/
Peuk7527/
Peug7523/
Paqu7515/
Peqq757/
Peqe752/
Peyq752/
Peqk752/
Pegq752/
Pieq752/
Peiq752/
Peeq751/
Poqu751/
Pheq751/
Peuq751/
Pekq751/
Peaq751/
Pique677,692/
Peugh671,508/
Pegue67263/
Piecq6767/
Pacqu6729/
Peuck675/
Pyque673/
Pheuk673/
Ppezq671/
Phaqu671/
Pheqe671/
Piegq671/
Piqus670/

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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 Pequ
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