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
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Pelkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelkey (Tibetan: དཔལ་སྐྱིད།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelkey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 81,880th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,229,758 people. The last name Pelkey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Pelkey reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 5,358 people, or 1 in 67,648. In The United States Pelkey is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent live, Maine, where 11 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and Guam, where 0 percent live.
Pelkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pelkey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pelkey surname increased 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 Democrats than the national average, with 58.41% being registered to vote for 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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