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 surname Pelou is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pelou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelou is the 807,857th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Pelou are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Pelou is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
It is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 217,779. In France Pelou is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 27 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 26 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account France this last name occurs 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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