Pelchen Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Australia

Pelchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1471:547,65645,370
Australia1041:259,57423,725
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Pelchen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pelchen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pelchen (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཆེན་) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelchen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 858,879th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. Pelchen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Pelchen reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Pelchen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Bavaria, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Besides Germany Pelchen occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Pelchen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pelchen are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Pelchen earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.77% more than the national average, earning $75,842 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paelchen9334/
Poelchen9314/
Pielchen9313/
Pehlchen931/
Poehlchen8810/
Pilchen8691/
Pälchen8648/
Plechen8645/
Pölchen8620/
Polchen8617/
Pylchen865/
Palchen861/
Pelchin861/
Pelchem860/
Pülschen8031/
Pöhlchen8025/
Pohlchen802/
Pletchen801/
Pelchina801/
Pelsen77164/
Pelgen77120/
Pelcin7729/
Pelken7722/
Pelzen771/
Pelcyn771/
Pletschen7548/
Polchin71100/
Plechyn7160/
Pielken7159/
Pilchin7145/
Polchyn7144/
Palchin7143/
Peulken7133/
Pehlken7132/
Pelczin7115/
Plechin7115/
Palchyn7114/
Peltgen7111/
Pelshin714/
Pleczen713/
Puelsen711/
Poelsen711/
Peulsen711/
Plecien711/
Pelczyn711/
Paelsen710/
Peilgen710/
Plzen6742/
Plechina6716/
Poehlsen6712/
Pilchina673/
Pölschin671/
Pilchgin671/
Pellecin671/
Pelshina671/
Pellesin671/
Pylchina671/
Plcyn671/

Pelchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelchen in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་ཆེན་palchen77.78
དཔལ་ཆེན།palchen22.22

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pelchen
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