Pegalan Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pegalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pegalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3631:278,89340,496
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pegalan Last Name Facts

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

Pegalan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pegalan? popularity and diffusion

Pegalan is the 770,644th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. Pegalan occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pegalan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 278,893. In The Philippines Pegalan is mostly found in: Northern Mindanao, where 61 percent live, National Capital Region, where 11 percent live and Calabarzon, where 8 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paegalan931/
Pagalan865,963/
Pigalan8636/
Pogalan862/
Paigalan80450/
Paygalan8049/
Peggalam804/
Pagalian802/
Pajgalan801/
Pigaulan801/
Pogolan718/
Pigalam716/
Pagalon716/
Pagolan711/
Pagelan711/
Pagalion672/
Pigallam671/
Pagolon5714/
Pagelion5345/

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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 Pegalan
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