Pelee Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Pelee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
The alternate forms: Pelée (2) & Pelèe (1) are calculated separately.
Pelee (51) may also be a first name.
Pelee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelee is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Pelée or Pelèe. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelee? popularity and diffusion
Pelee is the 3,323,005th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 40 percent of Pelee live; 20 percent live in South Asia and 20 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Pelee is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 51 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran Pelee is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 86 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Iran Pelee is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 14 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Pelee
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