Pelanga Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pelanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Pelanga (972) may also be a first name.
Pelanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelanga is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelanga is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Pelanga are found; 71 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 258,519th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 972 people.
The surname Pelanga is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 20,247,645. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 40 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 20 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 20 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines Pelanga occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Pelanga
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