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
Average Male Pelser Height
176.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pelser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelser Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelser is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Pelser click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelser? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,691st most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 799,424 people. The surname Pelser occurs predominantly 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 first name globally, held by 15 people.
Pelser is most widely held 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 reside, Free State, where 12 percent reside and North West, where 10 percent reside. Barring South Africa Pelser is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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 expanded 289 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.92% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Pelser
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