Pelema Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Pelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Namibia | 11 | 1:219,036 | 9,886 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Pelema (89) may also be a first name.
Pelema Demographics
Average Pelema Salary in
South Africa
R 73,320
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelema (Oriya: େପେଲମା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pelema.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelema is the 953,750th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Pelema are found; 31 percent are found in Southern Africa and 31 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 89 people.
The last name Pelema is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Besides The DR Congo Pelema exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 19 percent live.
Pelema Last Name Statistics demography
Pelema earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.15% less than the national average, earning R 73,320 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peleuma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pelemo | 83 | 2,509 | / |
| Pelima | 83 | 279 | / |
| Palema | 83 | 206 | / |
| Peleme | 83 | 84 | / |
| Pelama | 83 | 47 | / |
| Pelemi | 83 | 19 | / |
| Polema | 83 | 15 | / |
| Pilema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peloma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pelemiš | 77 | 727 | / |
| Pelemoh | 77 | 511 | / |
| Pollema | 77 | 254 | / |
| Poilema | 77 | 91 | / |
| Pilesma | 77 | 81 | / |
| Paliema | 77 | 76 | / |
| Pelemer | 77 | 42 | / |
| Pelemis | 77 | 41 | / |
| Philema | 77 | 37 | / |
| Pallema | 77 | 14 | / |
| Palemma | 77 | 12 | / |
| Phelima | 77 | 11 | / |
| Polemma | 77 | 8 | / |
| Palemai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Palhema | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pelisma | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pelemoi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Phelemo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pheleme | 77 | 2 | / |
| Palaema | 77 | 2 | / |
| Phelemy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pehleme | 77 | 2 | / |
| Peleame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peylemo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paleema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paleama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelamma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poleyma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelemos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paelima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pholema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelomea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palemmai | 71 | 108 | / |
| Pallemma | 71 | 29 | / |
| Peheleme | 71 | 13 | / |
| Philemoa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pielamaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Paleimau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pelemooh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pelemish | 71 | 2 | / |
| Philemat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phelisma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paloma | 67 | 14,923 | / |
| Palima | 67 | 4,944 | / |
| Palama | 67 | 2,515 | / |
| Poloma | 67 | 358 | / |
| Polama | 67 | 341 | / |
| Pilima | 67 | 175 | / |
| Polemo | 67 | 171 | / |
| Polima | 67 | 148 | / |
| Pilama | 67 | 128 | / |
| Palemo | 67 | 102 | / |
| Pelamo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Pelomo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pelimo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pelimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piloma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pylama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pileme | 67 | 1 | / |
Pelema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelema in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେଲମା | epelama | - |
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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 Pelema
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