Pelece Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Pelece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 74 | 1:27,703 | 4,232 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Pelēce (1) are calculated separately.
Pelece (24) may also be a first name.
Pelece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelece Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelece has its highest incidence in Latvia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pelēce. For other possible spellings of Pelece click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelece? popularity and diffusion
Pelece is the 2,136,387th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Pelece occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Pelece live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Baltic Europe. Pelece is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 24 people.
Pelece is most numerous in Latvia, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 27,703. In Latvia Pelece is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 36 percent live, Semigallia, where 27 percent live and Vidzeme, where 19 percent live. Outside of Latvia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent live and El Salvador, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pelece
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