Pelang Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Pelang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 475 | 1:278,419 | 25,088 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Pelang (258) may also be a first name.
Pelang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelang (Bengali: পেলাং, Oriya: େପଲ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelang is the 596,518th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name Pelang is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pelang are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 554,411th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 258 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 475 people, or 1 in 278,419. In Indonesia Pelang is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 52 percent reside, Central Java, where 36 percent reside and North Maluku, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Pelang exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 6 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelang in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଲ | epala | 54.05 |
| େପଲଂ | epalam | 40.54 |
| େକାଲଡି | ekaladi | 2.7 |
| େମଲଗାି | emalagai | 2.7 |
| Pelang in the Bengali language | ||
| পেলাং | pelam | 50 |
| পেলং | pelam | 50 |
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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 Pelang
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