Pelecio Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pelecio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelecio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4551:222,50234,348
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pelecio (22) may also be a first name.

Pelecio Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelecio occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelecio? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 653,013th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Pelecio are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 22 people.

Pelecio is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 222,502. In The Philippines Pelecio is most prevalent in: Central Visayas, where 44 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 28 percent live and National Capital Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Pelecio Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pelecio has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peleco923/
Pelecia86702/
Pelicio8628/
Pelesio865/
Pelecho861/
Pelechos801/
Pelico7730,352/
Pelezo7799/
Pelixo7790/
Pileco7764/
Peleso774/
Peleca773/
Pelizo772/
Peleissou751/
Pelicia71331/
Pelizzo71290/
Pelecha71135/
Pelicho7139/
Pelesia7120/
Pelesho715/
Pelaizo713/
Pelesot713/
Pelechá712/
Pilesio712/
Pelisio712/
Pelisso712/
Peleisa712/
Pelihco712/
Pelayco711/
Peleica711/
Pelícia711/
Peletso711/
Pelisot711/
Pelesso711/
Peliosa711/
Pelissou67386/
Pelecháč6756/
Pelissot6725/
Peeletso6719/
Pelechas6719/
Pelechač6712/
Pelicias6711/
Phelesia676/
Phelicia676/
Phylecia673/
Pelechat672/
Pilicios672/
Pelichos671/
Pelecháć671/
Pelechsa671/
Pelichou671/
Pheletso671/
Philecia670/

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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 Pelecio
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