Pelenah Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Pelenah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 120 | 1:36,738 | 3,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pelenah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelenah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelenah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pelenah.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelenah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pelenah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 36,738. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 71 percent are found, Grand Kru County, where 25 percent are found and Sinoe County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pelenah
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