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 occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelser? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 55,691st most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 799,424 people. Pelser is primarily 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 commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
Pelser is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 8,044 people, or 1 in 6,735. In South Africa Pelser is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 40 percent live, Free State, where 12 percent live and North West, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Pelser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pelser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pelser last name grew 289 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pelser Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pelser last name are 5.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.92% 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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