Pelmo Surname

420,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 825 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Pelmo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelmo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan8031:76798
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Pelmo (140) may also be a first name.

Pelmo Last Name Facts

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

Pelmo (Tibetan: དཔལ་མོ།) is held by more people in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelmo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pelmo is the 420,458th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,833,389 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pelmo live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 781,395th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 140 people.

It is most widespread in Bhutan, where it is held by 803 people, or 1 in 767. In Bhutan it is most frequent in: Thimphu District, where 28 percent live, Mongar District, where 24 percent live and Trashigang District, where 8 percent live. Besides Bhutan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Pelmo Last Name Statistics demography

Pelmo earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.02% more than the national average, earning $66,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paelmo91339/
Pellmo912/
Pelmot911/
Pelma8091/
Pålmo8010/
Pilmo804/
Plemo803/
Plmoo801/
Puelma73783/
Paelma73502/
Poelma73458/
Pelmas7363/
Pelmah7359/
Pålemo735/
Pielma733/
Pelmap732/
Plemot731/
Plemos731/
Pilmos731/
Pelmat731/
Pellmas6719/
Plmouth671/
Plma671/
Plesmoot621/
Plema60154/
Pilma6045/
Põlma6015/
Plmma601/
Phlma601/
Plmas601/
Pilmaa551/
Pillma551/
Pillmad501/
Põllmaa501/
Pillmaa501/

Pelmo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelmo in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་མོ།palmo90.64
པདྨོ།pemo5.11
དཔལམོ།palmo0.85
པདྨ།pema0.85
པངྨོ།pangmo0.64
པད་མོ།pemo0.43
དབལ་མོ།walmo0.43
དཔལ་མོ་palmo0.43
དཔལ་མཽ།palmau0.21
དཔལ་མོpalmo0.21
དཔལ་སྒྲོན།paldrön0.21

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pelmo
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