Pelegrini Surname

82,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,856 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pelegrini Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the word pellegrino, which means 'pilgrim'. The word pellegrini means more than one, therefore 'pilgrims'.

Pelegrini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil5,6281:38,0371,564
Argentina1201:356,19527,792
Greece311:357,41349,581
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
England31:18,572,686338,250
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Pelegríni (8) are calculated separately.

Pelegrini (14) may also be a first name.

Pelegrini Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the word pellegrino, which means 'pilgrim'. The word pellegrini means more than one, therefore 'pilgrims'.

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Pelegrini Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelegrini (Russian: Пелегрини) is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Pelegríni. For other possible spellings of Pelegrini click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelegrini? popularity and diffusion

It is the 82,715th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,244,458 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pelegrini reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America. Pelegrini is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename on earth, borne by 14 people.

It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 5,628 people, or 1 in 38,037. In Brazil Pelegrini is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 47 percent live, Paraná, where 12 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 11 percent live. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.

Pelegrini Last Name Statistics demography

Pelegrini earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.94% more than the national average, earning $59,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pelegrini Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelegrini in the Russian language
Пелегриниpelegrini-

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