Paelchen Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Paelchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Paelchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paelchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paelchen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paelchen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paelchen is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Paelchen are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany it is mostly found in: Brandenburg, where 55 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 30 percent are found and Berlin, where 5 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 38 percent are found and Mauritius, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelchen | 93 | 317 | / |
| Palchen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Poelchen | 88 | 14 | / |
| Pielchen | 88 | 13 | / |
| Pehlchen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Poehlchen | 82 | 10 | / |
| Pälchen | 80 | 48 | / |
| Palchin | 80 | 43 | / |
| Pölchen | 80 | 20 | / |
| Polchen | 80 | 17 | / |
| Palchyn | 80 | 14 | / |
| Pelchin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paelsen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pöhlchen | 75 | 25 | / |
| Pohlchen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Paulchina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paulzen | 67 | 514 | / |
| Polchin | 67 | 100 | / |
| Paulcin | 67 | 88 | / |
| Polchyn | 67 | 44 | / |
| Paulcén | 67 | 25 | / |
| Paulgen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poelsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poulcen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Peilgen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poehlsen | 63 | 12 | / |
| Paulzeen | 63 | 2 | / |
| Paulzin | 53 | 19 | / |
| Paulzyn | 53 | 4 | / |
| Poelking | 50 | 163 | / |
| Poelzing | 50 | 11 | / |
| Pauljean | 50 | 2 | / |
| Poelsing | 50 | 1 | / |
| Poultsen | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Paelchen
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