Pelkey Surname
Approximately 5,926 people bear this surname
Pelkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,358 | 1:67,648 | 7,871 |
| Canada | 516 | 1:71,406 | 8,144 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 685 | 1:73,312 | 7,854 |
Pelkey (15) may also be a first name.
Pelkey Demographics
Average Pelkey Salary in
United States
$44,504 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pelkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelkey (Tibetan: དཔལ་སྐྱིད།) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelkey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelkey is the 81,880th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,229,758 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pelkey live; 99 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pelkey is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 5,358 people, or 1 in 67,648. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Maine, where 11 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent are found and Guam, where 0 percent are found.
Pelkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pelkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pelkey last name grew 782 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pelkey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pelkey surname are 5.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.41% being registered with the political party.
The amount Pelkey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $44,504 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $47,895 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pellkey | 92 | 2 | / |
| Pelkeys | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pelke | 91 | 808 | / |
| Pelky | 91 | 694 | / |
| Pehlke | 83 | 1,388 | / |
| Pilkey | 83 | 973 | / |
| Pielke | 83 | 247 | / |
| Pelker | 83 | 152 | / |
| Pelkie | 83 | 136 | / |
| Poelke | 83 | 73 | / |
| Paelke | 83 | 16 | / |
| Pelkys | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pelkuy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pelkhe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pelkee | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pelkay | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pelcey | 83 | 0 | / |
| Plke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Poehlke | 77 | 94 | / |
| Paehlke | 77 | 55 | / |
| Pielcke | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pelkeit | 77 | 7 | / |
| Piehlke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Poelcke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bpehlke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfelker | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pelchey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pelka | 73 | 5,030 | / |
| Pilke | 73 | 983 | / |
| Pelce | 73 | 111 | / |
| Pülke | 73 | 61 | / |
| Pelki | 73 | 48 | / |
| Pölke | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pleke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pälke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Phlke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pilky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Plcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pylke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pehlkeit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pielka | 67 | 1,295 | / |
| Pilkes | 67 | 156 | / |
| Pleket | 67 | 91 | / |
| Pählke | 67 | 76 | / |
| Pilkay | 67 | 74 | / |
| Pelcea | 67 | 70 | / |
| Plekeu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Plecke | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pölker | 67 | 26 | / |
| Plekes | 67 | 22 | / |
| Poelka | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pelche | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pölkky | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pelkki | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pöhlke | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pelkas | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pilkie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pylkiy | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pleker | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pellka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pylkys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pelkui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelkkä | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plekeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pälhke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pehlce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plekys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plkowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilkhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paelka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilkys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelcay | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pilkee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pelque | 67 | 0 | / |
Pelkey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelkey in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་སྐྱིད། | palkyi | 75 |
| དཔལ་སྐྱེད་ | palkyé | 25 |
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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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- 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 Pelkey
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