Pelda Surname

590,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pelda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2961:70,1668,812
Czechia1291:82,43013,813
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
England21:27,859,030389,889
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bhutan11:616,0391,715

Pelda (1,070) may also be a first name.

Pelda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pelda (Tibetan: དཔལ་གྲགས།) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pelda is the 590,896th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Pelda are found; 38 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Pelda is also the 244,495th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 1,070 people.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 70,166. In Cameroon Pelda is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 84 percent are found, North Region, where 12 percent are found and South Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelėda91101/
Peldai9111/
Peldo80152/
Peldi8065/
Pilda8038/
Põlda8031/
Pelde8015/
Pölda809/
Pleda807/
Pldoa801/
Pelder7370/
Peldes7343/
Peldys7336/
Pildas739/
Pledas736/
Paelde736/
Peldez734/
Pildai734/
Pilday732/
Pledad731/
Peldhe731/
Peldich6720/
Peltder672/
Pldo671/
Pldj671/
Pldi671/
Pildash671/
Pledath671/
Peglidi671/
Peelder670/

Pelda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelda in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་གྲགས།paldrak-

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Footnotes

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