Peleu Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Peleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 121 | 1:165,933 | 17,222 |
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Péleu (1) are calculated separately.
Peleu (33) may also be a first name.
Peleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peleu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Péleu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Peleu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 695,980th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. Peleu is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Peleu live; 29 percent live in Eastern Europe and 29 percent live in Romanian Europe. Peleu is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 33 people.
The surname Peleu is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 165,933. In Romania it is most numerous in: Argeș County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Romania Peleu exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Peleu
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