Pelou Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Pelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 305 | 1:217,779 | 33,834 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Pelou (23) may also be a first name.
Pelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelou is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pelou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 807,857th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. Pelou occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Pelou reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Pelou is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 217,779. In France Pelou is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 27 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 26 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 12 percent reside. Not including France it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 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 Pelou
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