Pelek Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Pelek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 408 | 1:190,739 | 14,207 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Pelek (242) may also be a first name.
Pelek Demographics
Average Pelek Salary in
United States
$80,972 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pelek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelek (Russian: Пелек) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pelek.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 541,435th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. Pelek is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Pelek are found; 51 percent are found in West Asia and 51 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 574,510th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 242 people.
The surname Pelek is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 408 people, or 1 in 190,739. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Denizli Province, where 29 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 28 percent live and Sanliurfa Province, where 18 percent live. Aside from Turkey Pelek is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.
Pelek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Pelek are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Pelek earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 87.66% more than the national average, earning $80,972 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelek in the Russian language | ||
| Пелек | pelek | - |
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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 Pelek
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