Pelenk Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Pelenk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 129 | 1:603,267 | 32,435 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Pelenk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelenk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelenk occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelenk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,551,568th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Pelenk live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 603,267. In Turkey it is most common in: Kastamonu Province, where 30 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 26 percent live and Ankara Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Turkey Pelenk exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pelenk
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