Pelem Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Pelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| South Africa | 126 | 1:429,982 | 36,940 |
| Argentina | 53 | 1:806,480 | 53,420 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Pelem (216) may also be a first name.
Pelem Demographics
Average Pelem Salary in
South Africa
R 52,740
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelem (Russian: Пелэм) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 661,581st most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Pelem is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Pelem live; 38 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Pelem is also the 614,549th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 216 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 309,600. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent reside and Argentina, where 12 percent reside.
Pelem Last Name Statistics demography
Pelem earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.81% less than the national average, earning R 52,740 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelem in the Russian language | ||
| Пелэм | pelem | - |
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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 Pelem
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