Pelt Surname

122,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5431:142,53214,779
Netherlands7481:22,5763,626
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
Indonesia561:2,361,593141,864
Estonia501:26,4364,834
France441:1,509,607143,950
Latvia331:62,1239,312
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Norway131:395,56035,657
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:435,27425,262
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2951:170,23315,362

Pelt (189) may also be a first name.

Pelt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pelt (Russian: Пельт) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pelt.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 122,792nd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,958,491 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Pelt reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pelt is also the 661,310th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 189 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 2,543 people, or 1 in 142,532. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 19 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Alabama, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Pelt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pelt has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 862 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pelt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pelt surname are 8.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.09% registered with the party.

The amount Pelt earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.21% less than the national average, earning 317,670 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.26% less than the national average, earning $38,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.63% more than the national average, earning $65,396 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelts891,474/
Pelte89219/
Poelt8937/
Paelt893/
Peldt892/
Peltt891/
Pelıt891/
Peult890/
Pel865,323/
Plt8696/
Pfeltz8073/
Peltts803/
Peltte801/
Peeltz801/
Peltch801/
Pfuelt800/
Peel7524,321/
Pell7512,923/
Piel7512,405/
Pael754,158/
Puel753,449/
Poel753,332/
Plet752,704/
Pehl752,521/
Pesl75636/
Pilt75449/
Peul75253/
Peld75184/
Pölt75112/
Pelh7545/
Pelč7545/
Pfel7527/
Plåt759/
Pelp758/
Pælt757/
Pltd754/
Pltp751/
Pltt751/
Pelć751/
Pylt751/
Pflt751/
Ppel751/
Plte751/
Bpel751/
Hplt751/
Peltsch7384/
Peltová733/
Piehl674,529/
Plett674,431/
Poell671,002/
Plete67972/
Puell67808/
Pl67781/
Plets67683/
Poehl67470/
Pfiel67261/
Pelcz67245/
Pilte67177/
Pleth67155/
Piell67148/
Pylts6795/
Pilts6769/
Pültz6756/
Pöltz6727/
Paehl6725/
Pelds6724/
Puehl6723/
Pegli6722/
Peell6722/
Pfell6721/
Peehl6717/
Pledt6715/
Plåth6710/
Pilth679/
Pältz679/
Pelšs679/
Peuhl677/
Peesl676/
Pield672/
Peull671/
Pelteher671/
Pelll671/
Pelzs671/
Pelgy671/
Paell671/
Piolt671/
Pfuel671/
Pillt671/
Pölte671/
Pfehl670/
Pelph670/
Pylte670/
Pehll670/
Pfael670/
Pfeul670/
Piltt670/

Pelt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelt in the Russian language
Пельтpelt-

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Pelt Reference & Research

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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 Pelt
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