Pelester Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
France

Pelester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
France131:5,109,440259,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Pelester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelester occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelester? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Pelester occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Pelester reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

The last name Pelester is most numerous in Mexico, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 6,532,958. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: Sinaloa, where 63 percent are found and Baja California, where 37 percent are found. Apart from Mexico it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 37 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Pelester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pelester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pelester surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Pelester
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