Pehleven Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pehleven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pehleven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey791:985,08144,945
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Pehleven Last Name Facts

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

Pehleven occurs most in Turkey. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Pehleven click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pehleven? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Pehleven is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pehleven reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 99 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 985,081. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Elazig Province, where 90 percent are found, Giresun Province, where 5 percent are found and Igdir Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peleven936/
Pohleven88112/
Philevent820/
Pelevin803,461/
Pelevyn80180/
Pelaven8012/
Pelevina753,715/
Pelevyna75229/
Palleven7536/
Pelevine757/
Pelevind751/
Pelhaven750/
Pelebegne711/
Philliven711/
Pilevin67122/
Pelavin67113/
Polevin6773/
Pylevyn6713/
Palevin6713/
Põlevin6712/
Pelevinova677/
Polevyn675/
Polaven674/
Palaven673/
Palevyn671/
Pelawen671/

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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 Pehleven
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