Peltason Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Peltason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peltason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Peltason Last Name Facts

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

Peltason occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peltason? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,689,253rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Peltason are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 10,355,970. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 26 percent live, Massachusetts, where 17 percent live and New York, where 14 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

Peltason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peltason has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peltason Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Peltason earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 240.35% more than the national average, earning R 808,800 per year and in United States they earn 3.44% more than the national average, earning $44,635 USD 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 Peltason
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