Pelekais Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Pelekais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 47 | 1:43,618 | 6,632 |
| Venezuela | 30 | 1:1,006,803 | 15,224 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pelekais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelekais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelekais has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelekais? popularity and diffusion
Pelekais is the 1,994,173rd most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Pelekais are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 43,618. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 49 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 47 percent are found and Latgale, where 2 percent are found. Other than Latvia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 34 percent are found and Ukraine, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Pelekais
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