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 is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pelekais click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelekais? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Pelekais is mostly 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 Pelekais is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 43,618. In Latvia Pelekais is mostly found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 49 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 47 percent live and Latgale, where 2 percent live. Beside Latvia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 34 percent live and Ukraine, where 10 percent live.
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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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