Peljor Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Peljor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peljor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan1691:3,645219
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Peljor (18) may also be a first name.

Peljor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peljor (Tibetan: དཔལ་འབྱོར།) is borne by more people in Bhutan than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peljor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,276,805th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. Peljor is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Peljor reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 18 people.

Peljor is most commonly occurring in Bhutan, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 3,645. In Bhutan it is most prevalent in: Thimphu District, where 36 percent live, Samdrup Jongkhar District, where 29 percent live and Mongar District, where 7 percent live. Outside of Bhutan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peljore927/
Pelajor923/
Peljord921/
Pljor915/
Paljor83700/
Pelsor83249/
Poljor831/
Pelchor77234/
Pelișor7730/
Paljoor777/
Phaljor771/
Peljure771/
Polijor771/
Pelcar67180/
Pelzar6768/
Paljar6756/
Piljar6744/
Pelsar678/
Poljar674/
Plejar674/
Phljar671/

Peljor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peljor in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་འབྱོར།paljor87.5
དཔལ་འབྱོར་paljor10.23
དཔལ་འབྱོརpaljor1.14
དཔལ་འབྱོོར།paljor1.14

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peljor
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