Pelević Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Pelević Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 210 | 1:3,046 | 626 |
| Serbia | 76 | 1:94,012 | 7,688 |
| Kosovo | 14 | 1:132,991 | 6,224 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
The alternate forms: Pelevic (9) are calculated separately.
Pelević Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelević Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelević occurs in Montenegro more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Pelevic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelević? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelević is the 885,573rd most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Pelević occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelević reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Montenegro, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 3,046. In Montenegro it is most prevalent in: Podgorica Capital City, where 76 percent are found, Tuzi Municipality, where 10 percent are found and Bar Municipality, where 6 percent are found. Barring Montenegro this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 25 percent are found and Kosovo, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelevic | 95 | 9 | / |
| Palević | 86 | 255 | / |
| Pelović | 86 | 16 | / |
| Pislević | 80 | 128 | / |
| Pelevich | 80 | 7 | / |
| Peleevich | 75 | 2 | / |
| Polović | 71 | 293 | / |
| Palevič | 71 | 239 | / |
| Pilović | 71 | 106 | / |
| Pilavić | 71 | 10 | / |
| Polevič | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pilevic | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilevič | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilevich | 67 | 444 | / |
| Pelovitz | 67 | 84 | / |
| Palevitz | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pelewicz | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pelevets | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pylevich | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pilevici | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pytlevič | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelevych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palevicz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelavitz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pelević
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