Peltis Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Peltis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peltis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Peltis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peltis is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peltis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Peltis reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Peltis is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent live and Hesse, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany Peltis occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Luxembourg, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Peltis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Peltis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Peltis last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelties9250/
Peltais9237/
Pelti9189/
Peltyi8354/
Peltes8335/
Peltic8326/
Peltie839/
Peltei834/
Peltit831/
Peltiy831/
Pletis831/
Plti801/
Peltiez77100/
Peltets771/
Pelteys770/
Pelltie770/
Pelta73344/
Pelte73219/
Pelty7338/
Pilti7318/
Plthi731/
Pölti731/
Pelter67584/
Peltea67397/
Piolti6770/
Piltti6757/
Pyltyi6746/
Pletes6744/
Pletitsch6732/
Pletyi6727/
Piltie6717/
Peltey6715/
Peltec6711/
Pletio677/
Pyltei675/
Peltoa673/
Peltee672/
Peltex671/
Plttes671/
Piltiy671/
Pyltui671/
Pletai671/
Peltte671/
Peltet671/
Piltes671/
Peltep671/
Pletic671/
Peltoy670/
Pelted670/

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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 Peltis
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