Peleja Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Peleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 151 | 1:68,995 | 3,598 |
| Spain | 100 | 1:467,520 | 24,100 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Pelejà (4), Pelejá (1) & Péléja (2) are calculated separately.
Peleja Demographics
Average Peleja Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Peleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peleja is found in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Pelejà, Pelejá or Péléja. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peleja? popularity and diffusion
Peleja is the 816,514th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Peleja live; 74 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 74 percent live in Iberian Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 68,995. Without taking into account Portugal this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 29 percent live and Brazil, where 18 percent live.
Peleja Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Peleja earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.5% more than the national average, earning $52,415 CAD per year.
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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 Peleja
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