Pelser Surname
Approximately 9,116 people bear this surname
Pelser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,044 | 1:6,735 | 870 |
| Netherlands | 360 | 1:46,909 | 7,995 |
| United States | 228 | 1:1,589,732 | 106,920 |
| Israel | 116 | 1:73,773 | 9,034 |
| England | 100 | 1:557,181 | 34,216 |
| Australia | 50 | 1:539,914 | 40,287 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79 | 1:635,680 | 42,122 |
Pelser (15) may also be a first name.
Pelser Demographics
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Pelser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelser is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pelser click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelser? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 55,691st most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 799,424 people. The surname Pelser is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Pelser reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 8,044 people, or 1 in 6,735. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 40 percent are found, Free State, where 12 percent are found and North West, where 10 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Pelser occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Pelser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pelser has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 289 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pelser Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pelser surname are 5.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.92% being registered with the party.
The amount Pelser earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 680.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 151,319 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.25% more than the national average, earning R 404,568 per year; in United States they earn 13.91% more than the national average, earning $49,150 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.52% less than the national average, earning $43,461 CAD per year.
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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 Pelser
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