Pelba Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Pelba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Pelba (40) may also be a first name.
Pelba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelba (Tibetan: དཔལ་བཱ།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelba? popularity and diffusion
Pelba is the 2,635,433rd most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Pelba is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Pelba reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 30 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Pelba is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside and North Region, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puelba | 91 | 3 | / |
| Pelbath | 83 | 27 | / |
| Pelua | 80 | 261 | / |
| Pelby | 80 | 29 | / |
| Pleba | 80 | 16 | / |
| Pelbe | 80 | 16 | / |
| Pelwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pelbi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pilba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pilbas | 73 | 70 | / |
| Peluas | 73 | 44 | / |
| Peluha | 73 | 33 | / |
| Pellby | 73 | 26 | / |
| Pehlwa | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pelbát | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pilbat | 73 | 7 | / |
| Peelua | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pelbot | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pelber | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pilbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plebay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pelbod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peluat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pielwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pilbay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pelway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Plua | 67 | 4,626 | / |
| Pelbois | 67 | 88 | / |
| Peeluay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pelyuha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pelbich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelbáth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilbeau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plebeau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelbett | 67 | 0 | / |
Pelba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelba in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་བཱ། | palba | 50 |
| དཔལ་བཱ་ | palba | 20 |
| དཔལ་བ། | palwa | 20 |
| དཔལ་སྦ། | palba | 10 |
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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
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- 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 Pelba
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