Pelna Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Pelna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1391:14,7492,187
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Pelña (1) & Peļņa (3) are calculated separately.

Pelna (60) may also be a first name.

Pelna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pelna (Tibetan: དཔལ་སྣ་) occurs most in Latvia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Pelña or Peļņa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelna? popularity and diffusion

Pelna is the 1,403,590th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Pelna live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 60 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 14,749. In Latvia Pelna is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 59 percent are found, Latgale, where 21 percent are found and Semigallia, where 12 percent are found. Other than Latvia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Pelna Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pelna surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Pelna earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 69.35% more than the national average, earning $73,071 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelña931/
Pelnas9118/
Pellna912/
Puelna911/
Pelnat911/
Pelnau911/
Plna893/
Peļņa873/
Pellnat8350/
Pelneau831/
Pelnaud831/
Peglina831/
Pilna80184/
Plena80140/
Pelne80102/
Pelny8084/
Pelni8067/
Pelno8062/
Pylna802/
Pellnath7714/
Pelnault779/
Pellinna771/
Pellny73256/
Pelner7399/
Pilnaj7392/
Plenat7375/
Plenas7354/
Plesna7339/
Pelnis7334/
Pilnay7328/
Plenna7324/
Pilnas738/
Pilnga736/
Plenaa736/
Pelnys732/
Pelhno731/
Plinna731/
Pelngi731/
Pilnai731/
Pylnat731/
Pelnie730/
Pelneault7150/
Plná67107/
Plný67104/
Pellner6751/
Pylnaya6722/
Plno678/
Plny675/
Pellnäs674/
Plnh672/
Plesnay672/
Pilėnas672/
Plne671/
Pegline671/
Pellney671/
Peglini671/
Plni671/
Pillnay670/
Peelney670/

Pelna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelna in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་སྣ་palna-

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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 Pelna
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