Pelleja Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Pelleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 312 | 1:324,481 | 44,889 |
| Spain | 177 | 1:264,136 | 16,593 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
The alternate forms: Pellejà (16) are calculated separately.
Pelleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelleja is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Pellejà. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelleja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 610,848th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Pelleja live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 324,481. In The Philippines Pelleja is mostly concentrated in: Bicol, where 71 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 9 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 8 percent are found. Barring The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 35 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pelleja
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