Pelagie Surname
Approximately 15,731 people bear this surname
Pelagie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 12,421 | 1:1,094 | 205 |
| Rwanda | 2,481 | 1:4,581 | 1,120 |
| Cameroon | 334 | 1:62,183 | 7,947 |
| Israel | 238 | 1:35,956 | 4,990 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Pélagie (8) are calculated separately.
Pelagie (126,240) may also be a first name.
Pelagie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelagie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelagie is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Pélagie. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelagie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,743rd most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 463,260 people. The last name Pelagie occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pelagie live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 8,224th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 126,240 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is held by 12,421 people, or 1 in 1,094. Other than Chad it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Pelagie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pelagie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pelagie last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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