Pelkner Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pelkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2401:335,43933,076
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pelkner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelkner is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelkner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pelkner is the 1,020,242nd most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pelkner live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 335,439. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 42 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Bavaria, where 8 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Pelkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pelkner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pelkner last name rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Pelkner
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