Peregba Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Peregba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 232 | 1:763,546 | 34,496 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Peregba (37) may also be a first name.
Peregba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peregba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peregba occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peregba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,064,392nd most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Peregba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Peregba is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria Peregba is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 75 percent live, Rivers, where 18 percent live and Delta, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pereghba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Peregua | 86 | 155 | / |
| Peregwa | 86 | 12 | / |
| Peregbe | 86 | 10 | / |
| Pereagbe | 80 | 90 | / |
| Pereegbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pereagua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Perreguay | 75 | 0 | / |
| Perekwa | 71 | 99 | / |
| Perigua | 71 | 48 | / |
| Perequa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parigba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porogba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paragbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paragbhai | 63 | 25 | / |
| Perriguay | 63 | 2 | / |
| Perreguey | 63 | 0 | / |
| Pirigua | 57 | 21 | / |
| Pericua | 57 | 1 | / |
| Paragbo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Porogbo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Periquey | 53 | 1 | / |
| Periguey | 53 | 1 | / |
| Periquat | 53 | 1 | / |
| Perriguey | 50 | 573 | / |
| Peyriguey | 50 | 13 | / |
| Perriquey | 50 | 1 | / |
| Perrigwey | 50 | 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 Peregba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis