Peleanu Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Peleanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 81 | 1:247,875 | 23,462 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Peleanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peleanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Peleanu is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peleanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Peleanu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 247,875. In Romania it is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 51 percent reside, Teleorman County, where 37 percent reside and Constanța County, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Romania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pieleanu | 93 | 720 | / |
| Paleanu | 86 | 73 | / |
| Pelenus | 86 | 29 | / |
| Pelengu | 86 | 22 | / |
| Păleanu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Poleanu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pleșanu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pelanou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pelanus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Paileanu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palanu | 77 | 126 | / |
| Polenu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Polanu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pleșoianu | 75 | 50 | / |
| Pelingu | 71 | 26 | / |
| Pilenus | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pilangu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelinus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Philenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pallenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelingau | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pilianus | 67 | 6 | / |
| Palașanu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pylianou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palainou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paillanau | 63 | 4 | / |
| Philianou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pelinouch | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pilinu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pilingu | 57 | 699 | / |
| Pilinus | 57 | 7 | / |
| Pilinou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Palinau | 57 | 2 | / |
| Polinuh | 57 | 1 | / |
| Poliyonu | 53 | 12 | / |
| Philinus | 53 | 4 | / |
| Ppalinau | 53 | 1 | / |
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peleanu
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