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
The surname Pelee occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pelée or Pelèe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelee? popularity and diffusion
Pelee is the 3,323,005th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Pelee is predominantly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Pelee live; 20 percent live in South Asia and 20 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 51 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 86 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Iran this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 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 Pelee
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