Peregba Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Peregba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peregba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2321:763,54634,496
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

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

Peregba is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peregba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,064,392nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Peregba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 37 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 75 percent live, Rivers, where 18 percent live and Delta, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pereghba931/
Peregua86155/
Peregwa8612/
Peregbe8610/
Pereagbe8090/
Pereegbe802/
Pereagua801/
Perreguay750/
Perekwa7199/
Perigua7148/
Perequa711/
Parigba711/
Porogba711/
Paragbai671/
Paragbhai6325/
Perriguay632/
Perreguey630/
Pirigua5721/
Pericua571/
Paragbo571/
Porogbo571/
Periquey531/
Periguey531/
Periquat531/
Perriguey50573/
Peyriguey5013/
Perriquey501/
Perrigwey501/

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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 Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis