Pelova Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Pelova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 340 | 1:20,526 | 1,820 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Pelová (20) & Pělová (17) are calculated separately.
Pelova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelova (Russian: Пелова) is found most frequently in Bulgaria. It may occur in the variant forms: Pelová or Pělová. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelova? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 773,729th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name Pelova occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pelova live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Pelova is most common in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 20,526. In Bulgaria Pelova is most prevalent in: Sofia City Province, where 27 percent are found, Pleven Province, where 24 percent are found and Vratsa Province, where 15 percent are found. Barring Bulgaria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelova in the Russian language | ||
| Пелова | pelova | - |
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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
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- 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 Pelova
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