Pelaić Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Pelaić Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 256 | 1:16,518 | 3,324 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
The alternate forms: Pelaic (11) are calculated separately.
Pelaić Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelaić Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelaić is found most in Croatia. It can also be found as a variant: Pelaic. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelaić? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 959,117th most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. The surname Pelaić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelaić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Pelaić is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 16,518. In Croatia Pelaić is most frequent in: Zadar County, where 51 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 19 percent live and Split-Dalmatia County, where 17 percent live. Aside from Croatia Pelaić occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 4 percent live and Slovenia, where 2 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 Pelaić
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