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Where Does The Last Name Pelican Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pelican (Arabic: بليكان) is most common in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms: Pélican. Click here for further potential spellings of Pelican.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelican? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Pelican is the 366,000^th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,398,524 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Pelican are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pelican is also the 848,089^th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 121 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 941,452. In The United States it is mostly found in: Louisiana, where 15 percent reside, New Jersey, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 22 percent reside and France, where 11 percent reside.

Pelican Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Pelican has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 819 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pelican Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Pelican are 2.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.62% registered with the party.

The amount Pelican earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.32% less than the national average, earning $33,130 CAD per year.