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 surname Pelaić is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Pelaic. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelaić? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 959,117th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelaić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 16,518. In Croatia Pelaić is primarily found in: Zadar County, where 51 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 19 percent reside and Split-Dalmatia County, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 4 percent reside and Slovenia, where 2 percent reside.
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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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