Pelencia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Pelencia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelencia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pelencia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelencia is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pelencia.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelencia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pelencia live; 86 percent live in South America and 86 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 6,040,815. In Venezuela Pelencia is most common in: Lara, where 60 percent live, Barinas, where 20 percent live and Zulia, where 20 percent live. Outside of Venezuela Pelencia exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plencia931/
Pelencio887/
Pelenczei8210/
Phylencia821/
Philencia820/
Pelenco8080/
Pelinca8039/
Pelenza809/
Plencha801/
Plenča71186/
Plenća712/
Pelinco67543/
Pilenza6745/
Plentza6721/
Pelincho631/
Pilinco53444/
Pilinza5341/
Pilenzo532/
Pelindzo501/

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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
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  • 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 Pelencia
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