Pelnens Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Pelnens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pelnens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia431:47,6757,247
England71:7,959,723202,100
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Pelnēns (3) are calculated separately.

Pelnens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelnens occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pelnēns. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pelnens.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelnens? popularity and diffusion

Pelnens is the 2,605,694th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Pelnens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pelnens live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Pelnens is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 47,675. In Latvia Pelnens is most numerous in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 51 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 49 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found and Poland, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelnēns953/
Pelinins801/
Pelinansi751/
Pelenansah711/
Belnuns711/
Planins711/
Plenons711/
Blenens710/
Blinens710/
Peulen Heyens701/
Polanins6718/
Belanins673/
Pella Nunes672/
Belnunos671/
Plennons671/
Polinins671/
Plienins671/
Plunnons670/
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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 Pelnens
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