Pelkmans Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pelkmans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelkmans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2731:42,1126,902
Netherlands2681:63,01210,837
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Pelkmans Last Name Facts

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

Pelkmans is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelkmans? popularity and diffusion

Pelkmans is the 562,869th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,944,131 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Pelkmans live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pelkmans is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 42,112. In Belgium Pelkmans is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 48 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Pelkmans Last Name Statistics demography

Pelkmans earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.34% less than the national average, earning $45,042 CAD per year.

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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 Pelkmans
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