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
Pele Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Pele Last Name Facts
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་) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Pelé, Péle, Pelè, Pélé or Pélè. Click here for other possible spellings of Pele.
How Common Is The Last Name Pele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,478th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 638,810 people. This last name 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 common first name worldwide. It is borne by 11,003 people.
This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 2,314 people, or 1 in 28,705. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 28 percent live, Brittany, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 19 percent live. Barring France it occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Pele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pele last name 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 devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (52%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Pele surname are 12.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.45% being registered to vote for 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
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