Pelom Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Pelom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pelom (22) may also be a first name.
Pelom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelom is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelom is the 2,718,172nd most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 51 percent of Pelom are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 49 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pelom is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 48 percent reside, Madang, where 35 percent reside and Morobe, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 24 percent reside.
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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 Pelom
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