Pelicani Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pelicani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelicani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pelicani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pelicani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pelicani is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pelicani.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelicani? popularity and diffusion

Pelicani is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Pelicani live; 71 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 17,839,528. In Brazil Pelicani is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 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
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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 Pelicani
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