Pelene Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Pelene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Peleñe (1) are calculated separately.
Pelene (14) may also be a first name.
Pelene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelene (Marathi: पेलने, Russian: Пелене) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Peleñe. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Pelene live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 14 people.
Pelene is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Pelene is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 83 percent are found, Far North Region, where 6 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 15 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelene in the Marathi language | ||
| पेलने | pelane | - |
| Pelene in the Russian language | ||
| Пелене | pelene | - |
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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 Pelene
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