Pelofy Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Pelofy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pelofy 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
France891:746,32392,306
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678

Pelofy Last Name Facts

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

Pelofy is found most in France. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelofy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,931,261st most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pelofy reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 746,323. In France it is most common in: Occitanie, where 89 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent live. Apart from France this surname is found in one country. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 4 percent live.

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
Peloffy9258/
Pelofi83206/
Peloffi7720/
Péloffy776/
Palofi673/
Pélofi671/
Pilofe671/
Pilhofe621/
Palafoy621/
Polofea621/
Palophy620/
Pilhofer57752/
Pilhoffer5329/
Philhofer531/
Pilafi50104/
Palefi5047/
Pilafa5046/
Palafi503/
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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 Pelofy
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