Pelce Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Pelce Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 94 | 1:21,809 | 3,293 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Pelcé (1) are calculated separately.
Pelce (16) may also be a first name.
Pelce Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelce Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelce has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can appear as a variant: Pelcé. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelce? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelce is the 1,736,881st most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pelce are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
Pelce is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 21,809. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 53 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 30 percent live and Latgale, where 9 percent live. Not including Latvia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Pelce Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pelce has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pelce surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pelce
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