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Where Does The Last Name Pele Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pele (Georgian: პელე, Marathi: पेळे, Oriya: େପେଲ, Tibetan: མ་ཡ་པི་ལི་) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Pelé, Péle, Pelè, Pélé or Pélè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pele? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 45,478^th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 638,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Pele are found; 21 percent are found in Western Europe and 20 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Pele is also the 57,453^rd most common given name on earth, borne by 11,003 people.

This last name is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 2,314 people, or 1 in 28,705. In France Pele is primarily concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 28 percent live, Brittany, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 19 percent live. Apart from France it occurs in 92 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.

Pele Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Pele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,131 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pele Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (52%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Pele surname are 12.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.45% registered with the party.

The amount Pele earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.96% less than the national average, earning R 133,176 per year; in United States they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $39,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning $47,174 CAD per year.