Pelego Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pelego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2121:255,55525,837
Papua New Guinea551:148,24920,445
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Pelego (43) may also be a first name.

Pelego Last Name Facts

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

Pelego (Marathi: पेलेगो) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pelego.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelego? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 906,170th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Pelego is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Pelego are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pelego is also the 1,545,828th most common given name internationally, borne by 43 people.

Pelego is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 255,555. In South Africa Pelego is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 35 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.

Pelego Last Name Statistics demography

Pelego earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.11% less than the national average, earning R 163,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phelego923/
Pelegou921/
Peliego921/
Pelago83645/
Pelega83189/
Pelogo83102/
Polego8324/
Palego8311/
Peligo836/
Pilego832/
Pielago776,304/
Piliego77188/
Pelagho7755/
Phelago7751/
Peilago7725/
Pelegha7718/
Pealago7716/
Pelegas775/
Pallego773/
Pielogo773/
Pelagou773/
Peelago773/
Paelago772/
Peulago772/
Pileggo771/
Pelegaï771/
Pelaigo771/
Peligos771/
Pealogo771/
Pileago771/
Pieligo771/
Peligost711/
Bpelegha711/
Palogo672,051/
Polega67599/
Palega67305/
Pilago67105/
Pelaga67103/
Paligo6785/
Pologo6749/
Palago6745/
Poligo6729/
Pilogo678/
Pilega676/
Peloga675/
Piligo671/
Peliga671/
Polago671/

Pelego Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelego in the Marathi language
पेलेगोpelego-

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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 Pelego
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