Pelaye Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Pelaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 201 | 1:212,654 | 17,530 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Pelaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelaye has its highest incidence in Argentina. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,125,333rd most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Pelaye live; 98 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
Pelaye is most numerous in Argentina, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 212,654. In Argentina Pelaye is mostly concentrated in: Córdoba Province, where 37 percent are found, Buenos Aires Province, where 25 percent are found and Santa Fe Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Argentina it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Pelaye
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