Pelew Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Pelew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Barbados | 10 | 1:28,745 | 1,389 |
Pelew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelew Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelew is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelew? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Pelew is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Pelew live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 2,154,005. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 87 percent are found, Western Visayas, where 6 percent are found and Cagayan Valley, where 2 percent are found. Beside The Philippines Pelew occurs in one country. It is also common in Barbados, where 18 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 Pelew
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