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 surname Pelagie is most common in Chad. It can appear as: Pélagie. For other possible spellings of Pelagie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelagie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelagie is the 33,743rd most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 463,260 people. Pelagie occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pelagie are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Pelagie is also the 8,224th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 126,240 people.
This last name is most widely held in Chad, where it is carried by 12,421 people, or 1 in 1,094. Without taking into account Chad this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Pelagie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pelagie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pelagie last name increased 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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