Pelska Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Pelska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Pelska Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pelska Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pelska is more commonly found in Estonia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelska? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Pelska occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pelska reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

It is most frequent in Estonia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 57,470. Apart from Estonia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 8 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleska83348/
Pelski83255/
Pelsky8312/
Pilska837/
Pylska831/
Pelske831/
Pielski7721/
Pilszka775/
Pelskii771/
Plesska771/
Poelski770/
Pylskaya71123/
Pilskaya718/
Pleskaya715/
Pilskaja711/
Plesca677,180/
Pilski67437/
Pylsky6799/
Plesskaya6799/
Plesky6787/
Pleski6777/
Pleske6761/
Pilský6739/
Pilská6736/
Pleský6720/
Pellescki6719/
Pilsky6717/
Pleská6713/
Pilske6713/
Pylski673/
Pülske671/

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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 Pelska
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