Pelecha Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Pelecha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelecha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1081:432,88922,966
Greece231:481,73061,288
France21:33,211,361423,184
Poland21:19,004,374199,659

The alternate forms: Pelechá (2) are calculated separately.

Pelecha Last Name Facts

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

Pelecha is most common in Spain. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pelechá. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelecha? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,537,949th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelecha live; 80 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 80 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Spain, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 432,889. In Spain Pelecha is most numerous in: Valencian Community, where 85 percent are found, Aragon, where 8 percent are found and Catalonia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Spain it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 17 percent are found and France, 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
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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 Pelecha
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