Pelenge Surname
Approximately 12,531 people bear this surname
Pelenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 12,519 | 1:5,901 | 698 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Pelenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelenge is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelenge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 41,663rd most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 581,561 people. Pelenge occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelenge live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 12,519 people, or 1 in 5,901. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Pelenge
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis