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Where Does The Last Name Pel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pel (Hindi: पेल, Marathi: पेळ, Oriya: େପଲ, Russian: Пель, Tibetan: དཔལ།) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Pél, Pêl or Pèl. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 90,079^th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,369,067 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 37 percent of Pel reside; 28 percent reside in Western Europe and 25 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 228,479^th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 1,202 people.

Pel is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,219 people, or 1 in 13,853. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 33 percent reside, Utrecht, where 13 percent reside and South Holland, where 12 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 76 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Iran, where 10 percent reside.

Pel Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pel surname is predominantly Orthodox (70%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Pel surname are 2.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.26% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 338.45% more than the national average, earning R 1,041,920 per year; in United States they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $45,629 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.89% more than the national average, earning $51,118 CAD per year.