Pelei Surname
Approximately 4,132 people bear this surname
Pelei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 3,465 | 1:2,092 | 252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 195 | 1:41,814 | 5,091 |
| Hungary | 152 | 1:64,581 | 6,666 |
| Romania | 124 | 1:161,918 | 16,836 |
| Lesotho | 70 | 1:29,037 | 5,566 |
| Italy | 58 | 1:1,054,426 | 71,176 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Pelei (479) may also be a first name.
Pelei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelei (Oriya: େପେଲଇ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pelei.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 112,187th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,763,685 people. Pelei occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Pelei are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pelei is also the 388,635th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 479 people.
Pelei is most commonly used in Togo, where it is carried by 3,465 people, or 1 in 2,092. Not including Togo this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Hungary, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelei in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେଲଇ | epela'i | - |
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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 Pelei
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