Pelagi Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Pelagi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| Italy | 82 | 1:745,813 | 61,559 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Pelagi (669) may also be a first name.
Pelagi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelagi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelagi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelagi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelagi is the 988,329th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. Pelagi occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Pelagi reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 320,785th most common first name worldwide, borne by 669 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 330,885. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 96 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Pelagi exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 32 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
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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 Pelagi
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