Pereke Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Pereke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| Papua New Guinea | 164 | 1:49,718 | 6,230 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Pereke (229) may also be a first name.
Pereke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pereke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pereke (Marathi: पेरेके) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pereke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 714,947th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Pereke are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pereke is also the 593,349th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 229 people.
Pereke is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 805,194. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent are found, Delta, where 27 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Pereke exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pereke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pereke in the Marathi language | ||
| पेरेके | pereke | - |
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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 Pereke
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