Pelebe Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Pelebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho961:21,1724,383
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Benin331:313,20025,349
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Pelebe (17) may also be a first name.

Pelebe Last Name Facts

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

Pelebe is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelebe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pelebe is the 1,155,901st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. Pelebe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelebe live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 21,172. In Lesotho Pelebe is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 63 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 27 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 6 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 16 percent reside.

Pelebe Last Name Statistics demography

Pelebe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.38% less than the national average, earning R 63,264 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelebie928/
Phelebe921/
Pelebey921/
Pelewe83263/
Pelebi8386/
Peleve8312/
Peleba834/
Pelobe833/
Palebe831/
Peleeva7772/
Pelebai7752/
Peuleve7720/
Pelewei7710/
Pehleve771/
Peleibi771/
Pelewie771/
Pelempe771/
Pelevets717/
Peulevey717/
Phelempe712/
Pealeoue711/
Pilibe67525/
Palibe67338/
Palabe6788/
Pilabe6743/
Palobe6733/
Pelewa6726/
Peliwe6720/
Pileby677/
Pelabi677/
Palebi674/
Peleevich672/
Polabe671/
Peliba671/
Peullevey671/
Polobe671/
Pelyba671/
Polibe671/
Pelevi671/

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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 Pelebe
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