Pelela Surname

546,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pelela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3041:178,21619,593
Tanzania1121:472,69332,330
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Zambia661:240,15014,690
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pelela (88) may also be a first name.

Pelela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pelela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pelela is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 546,286th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pelela live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pelela is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 88 people.

The last name Pelela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 178,216. In South Africa Pelela is most prevalent in: North West, where 77 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.

Pelela Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the 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 to vote for 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phelela9248/
Pelelas9222/
Pelelah9213/
Petlela926/
Pelelau923/
Pelelia921/
Pheelela863/
Pelele831,277/
Polela83687/
Palela83666/
Pelola8399/
Pelila8353/
Peleli8345/
Pelala8332/
Pilela8328/
Pelelo8315/
Pelicella805/
Pelitella801/
Pallela774,809/
Pelaelo771,535/
Pahlela77565/
Phelelo77338/
Polehla77109/
Paleela7773/
Peelelo7746/
Peleale7735/
Pelelis7722/
Piletla7720/
Pelealo7717/
Poelelo7717/
Pelielo7710/
Pihlela779/
Pheleli779/
Paalela777/
Pollela776/
Phalela776/
Palelah775/
Paliela774/
Pelalla774/
Petlely774/
Poleela774/
Pelalau773/
Phelele772/
Pelalia772/
Pitlela772/
Pohlela772/
Polelya771/
Polelia771/
Pelayla771/
Pileila771/
Pailela771/
Palelia771/
Palelya771/
Pholela771/
Pelolia771/
Peletli771/
Pelilas771/
Pelilah771/
Phihlela711,286/
Phohlela71239/
Phahlela71206/
Poleahla7135/
Palleela7127/
Phallela7125/
Puileila7115/
Peletlis7115/
Phehleli713/
Phelelos712/
Phitlela712/
Pheelelo712/
Polleala711/
Pahlehla711/
Paaleela711/
Palleala711/
Paillela711/
Philhela711/
Pelethly711/
Pithlela711/
Philelia711/
Pelesler710/
Peaslely710/
Polelo671,263/
Palola671,105/
Palila67890/
Polola67331/
Pilola67233/
Polila6786/
Palelo6785/
Pileli6762/
Phitlhela6752/
Pelicelli6749/
Pilele6724/
Pelile6722/
Pilila6720/
Pelolo6715/
Pilely6714/
Pylelo6710/
Palyla673/
Phithlela673/
Pelalo672/
Pelili671/
Pelilo671/

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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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