Pelaji Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Pelaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Pelaji (1,113) may also be a first name.
Pelaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelaji (Hindi: पेलजी, Marathi: पेलाजी) is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelaji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelaji is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Pelaji live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 239,008th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 1,113 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 637,851. In Tanzania Pelaji is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 77 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 11 percent live and Singida Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelaji in the Marathi language | ||
| पेलाजी | pelaji | 92.31 |
| पेळाजी | pelaji | 7.69 |
| Pelaji in the Hindi language | ||
| पेलजी | pelaji | 60 |
| पेलाजी | pelaji | 40 |
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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 Pelaji
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