Pelista Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pelista Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelista Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Pelista (42) may also be a first name.

Pelista Last Name Facts

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

Pelista is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelista? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Pelista is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Pelista reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 85 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 42 people.

The last name Pelista is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil Pelista is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 55 percent are found, São Paulo, where 27 percent are found and Bahia, where 9 percent are found. Other than Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Pelista
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis