Pelikán Surname
Approximately 2,415 people bear this surname
Pelikán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 1,890 | 1:5,626 | 651 |
| Hungary | 422 | 1:23,261 | 2,591 |
| Slovakia | 101 | 1:52,836 | 10,186 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Pelikan (3,694), Pélikan (1) & Pelikań (1) are calculated separately.
Pelikán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelikán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelikán is held by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Pelikan, Pélikan or Pelikań. Click here for other possible spellings of Pelikán.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelikán? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 177,152nd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,017,617 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelikán live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most widely held in Czechia, where it is held by 1,890 people, or 1 in 5,626. In Czechia it is primarily found in: South Moravian Region, where 21 percent reside, Prague, where 13 percent reside and Central Bohemian Region, where 11 percent reside. Beside Czechia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 17 percent reside and Slovakia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelikan | 95 | 3,694 | / |
| Pélikan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pelikań | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pelikon | 86 | 9 | / |
| Pelikánová | 82 | 2,156 | / |
| Pelikant | 80 | 150 | / |
| Pelikhan | 80 | 46 | / |
| Pehlikan | 80 | 29 | / |
| Pelikaan | 80 | 17 | / |
| Peslikan | 80 | 10 | / |
| Peloikan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pelikahn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pelican | 71 | 985 | / |
| Pelicon | 71 | 513 | / |
| Pelykan | 71 | 131 | / |
| Pelikanová | 71 | 81 | / |
| Pelikanova | 71 | 65 | / |
| Palikan | 71 | 52 | / |
| Pilikan | 71 | 27 | / |
| Pilikon | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pelekan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Polikan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pelekhan | 67 | 368 | / |
| Pelicane | 67 | 81 | / |
| Pelicone | 67 | 51 | / |
| Pelekane | 67 | 47 | / |
| Phalikan | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pallikan | 67 | 37 | / |
| Pelicant | 67 | 32 | / |
| Pelicand | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pelykhan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pelikhanova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pilikahn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pelykant | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pelikaanova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilikhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palikhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelicaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelicean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peliquan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pelikán
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