Pelege Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Pelege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Pelège (2) are calculated separately.
Pelege (193) may also be a first name.
Pelege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelege is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Pelège. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelege? popularity and diffusion
Pelege is the 1,871,545th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Pelege reside; 53 percent reside in South America and 52 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 653,740th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 193 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 4,197,536. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 82 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 6 percent are found and Paraná, where 6 percent are found. Not including Brazil Pelege occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent are found and Malaysia, where 11 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
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