Pelister Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Pelister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4041:192,62714,307
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pelister (21) may also be a first name.

Pelister Last Name Facts

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

Pelister (Russian: Пелистер) is found most frequently in Turkey. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelister? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pelister is the 692,305th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name Pelister is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Pelister live; 57 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 57 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 21 people.

The last name Pelister is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 192,627. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 73 percent live, Izmir Province, where 15 percent live and Manisa Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Turkey it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent live and North Macedonia, where 1 percent live.

Pelister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pelister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pelister surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pelister Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelister in the Russian language
Пелистерpelister-

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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 Pelister
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