Pelewe Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Pelewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Pelewe (76) may also be a first name.
Pelewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelewe is found most in The DR Congo. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pelewe.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelewe is the 980,795th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelewe live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 76 people.
The surname Pelewe is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Besides The DR Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Ukraine, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelewei | 92 | 10 | / |
| Pelewie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pelew | 91 | 57 | / |
| Pelebe | 83 | 207 | / |
| Pelowe | 83 | 73 | / |
| Pelewa | 83 | 26 | / |
| Peliwe | 83 | 20 | / |
| Peleve | 83 | 12 | / |
| Polewe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Peleeva | 77 | 72 | / |
| Peuleve | 77 | 20 | / |
| Polewey | 77 | 10 | / |
| Peleywa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pheliwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Phelebe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pilewed | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palewei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelebey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peliswe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pehleve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelhowe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pelechwest | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peliw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peulevey | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pelevets | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pealeoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pelawi | 67 | 4,663 | / |
| Palawe | 67 | 236 | / |
| Pelebi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Paleve | 67 | 19 | / |
| Paliwe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Polowe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pelave | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piliwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Polewy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peleevich | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peullevey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pettleway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peliwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelevi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poliwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelove | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pelewe
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