Pelingu Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Pelingu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelingu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania231:126,69810,929
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

Pelingu Last Name Facts

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

Pelingu is found most frequently in Albania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelingu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelingu are found; 92 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Albano-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 126,698. In Albania it is most prevalent in: Durrës County, where 52 percent live, Shkodër County, where 22 percent live and Lezhë County, where 13 percent live. Outside of Albania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Italy, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelingau9312/
Pilingu86699/
Palingu86179/
Pelengu8622/
Pelinus861/
Polingu861/
Pilinu771/
Pelinouch751/
Peleanu7183/
Pelenus7129/
Pilinus717/
Palengu714/
Pilinou712/
Pieleanu67720/
Philinus674/
Petelguz674/
Peulgheu671/
Plegu671/
Plegou621/
Păleanu579/
Pilenus578/
Philenu571/
Paileanu531/

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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 Pelingu
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