Pelak Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Pelak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 436 | 1:831,328 | 63,652 |
| Poland | 319 | 1:119,150 | 17,736 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 | 1:160,746 | 10,291 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Pelák (117) are calculated separately.
Pelak (41) may also be a first name.
Pelak Demographics
Pelak Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Pelak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelak (Marathi: पलक, Oriya: େପଲକ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Pelák. Click here for other potential spellings of Pelak.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 417,348th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Pelak reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pelak is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name internationally, held by 41 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 436 people, or 1 in 831,328. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 36 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and New Jersey, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 38 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent are found.
Pelak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pelak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pelak last name increased 43,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pelak Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pelak surname are 11.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.1% being registered with the party.
Pelak earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.01% more than the national average, earning $48,332 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelak in the Marathi language | ||
| पलक | palaka | - |
| Pelak in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଲକ | epalaka | 50 |
| େପଲାକ | epalaka | 50 |
Search for Another Surname
Pelak Reference & Research
Pelak FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Pelak
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis