Pele Surname
Approximately 11,408 people bear this surname
Pele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,314 | 1:28,705 | 3,504 |
| DR Congo | 1,881 | 1:39,277 | 4,849 |
| Nigeria | 1,361 | 1:130,156 | 8,474 |
| Romania | 960 | 1:20,914 | 2,688 |
| South Africa | 934 | 1:58,006 | 7,355 |
| Indonesia | 726 | 1:182,161 | 17,530 |
| Papua New Guinea | 671 | 1:12,152 | 1,113 |
| Cameroon | 313 | 1:66,355 | 8,394 |
| United States | 294 | 1:1,232,854 | 87,287 |
| India | 258 | 1:2,973,122 | 89,393 |
| Ivory Coast | 188 | 1:122,719 | 6,022 |
| Ukraine | 183 | 1:248,758 | 32,662 |
| Tonga | 175 | 1:613 | 165 |
| Congo | 163 | 1:30,608 | 3,116 |
| Israel | 156 | 1:54,857 | 7,107 |
| Botswana | 110 | 1:19,881 | 3,945 |
| Uganda | 88 | 1:443,628 | 26,657 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| Serbia | 54 | 1:132,314 | 9,600 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| American Samoa | 28 | 1:1,991 | 404 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Latvia | 19 | 1:107,897 | 15,192 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Pelé (186), Péle (3), Pelè (1), Pélé (4) & Pélè (1) are calculated separately.
Pele (11,003) may also be a first name.
Pele Demographics
Average Pele Salary in
United States
$39,360 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pele (Georgian: პელე, Marathi: पेळे, Oriya: େପେଲ, Tibetan: མ་ཡ་པི་ལི་) is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Pelé, Péle, Pelè, Pélé or Pélè. Click here for other potential spellings of Pele.
How Common Is The Last Name Pele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 45,478th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 638,810 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Pele live; 21 percent live in Western Europe and 20 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 57,453rd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 11,003 people.
The last name Pele is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 2,314 people, or 1 in 28,705. In France Pele is most frequent in: Pays de la Loire, where 28 percent reside, Brittany, where 20 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside. Excluding France Pele occurs in 92 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Pele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pele surname expanded 1,131 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (52%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Pele are 12.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pele in the Georgian language | ||
| პელე | pele | - |
| Pele in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେଲ | epela | - |
| Pele in the Marathi language | ||
| पेळे | pele | 65.73 |
| पेले | pele | 28.67 |
| पोेले | poele | 3.5 |
| पाेले | paele | 1.4 |
| पेळे़ | pele | 0.7 |
| Pele in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་ཡ་པི་ལི་ | mayapili | 33.33 |
| བིར་པི་ལི་ | birpili | 22.22 |
| དོཇ་པི་ལི་ | dojapili | 11.11 |
| བྷའདུར་པི་ལི་ | bhadurpili | 11.11 |
| པེ་ལེ་ | pélé | 11.11 |
| པི་ལི་་ | pili | 11.11 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pele
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