Pelah Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Pelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Pelah (78) may also be a first name.
Pelah Demographics
Average Pelah Salary in
United States
$21,847 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelah is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelah? popularity and diffusion
Pelah is the 2,020,555th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 34 percent of Pelah reside; 26 percent reside in Central Africa and 26 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Pelah is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 78 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Pelah exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.
Pelah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pelah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pelah Last Name Statistics demography
Pelah earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.37% less than the national average, earning $21,847 USD per year.
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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 Pelah
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