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 is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Pelēce. Click here for other potential spellings of Pelece.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelece? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,136,387th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Pelece is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Pelece reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 24 people.
Pelece is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 27,703. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 36 percent are found, Semigallia, where 27 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 19 percent are found. Besides Latvia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and El Salvador, where 1 percent are found.
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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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