Pelga Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Pelga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Pelga (3,451) may also be a first name.
Pelga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelga (Russian: Пельга, Tibetan: དཔལ་དགའ།) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 78 percent of Pelga reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pelga is also the 121,048th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 3,451 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea Pelga exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelga in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་དགའ། | palga | - |
| Pelga in the Russian language | ||
| Пельга | pelga | - |
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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
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- 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 Pelga
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