Pelela Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Pelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 304 | 1:178,216 | 19,593 |
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zambia | 66 | 1:240,150 | 14,690 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Pelela (88) may also be a first name.
Pelela Demographics
Pelela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Pelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelela occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 546,286th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pelela are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most widespread given name on earth It is held by 88 people.
The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 178,216. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 77 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Pelela is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Pelela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Pelela surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Pelela surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Pelela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.19% less than the national average, earning R 87,468 per year and in United States they earn 21.96% more than the national average, earning $52,625 USD 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 Pelela
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