Peltu Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Peltu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peltu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova1271:28,0424,572
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Peltu (25) may also be a first name.

Peltu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peltu (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཀྲུ།) is carried by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peltu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,551,568th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Peltu is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Peltu are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Peltu is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name globally, held by 25 people.

The last name Peltu is most commonly held in Moldova, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 28,042. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Fălești District, where 80 percent are found, Sîngerei District, where 9 percent are found and Bălți Municipality, where 9 percent are found. Other than Moldova this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peltus910/
Pltu8917/
Peldtus831/
Pletu806/
Piltu804/
Pletus7352/
Piltau739/
Pletou732/
Pültau731/
Plethu731/
Pyltui731/
Plettau67218/
Pletoe553/

Peltu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peltu in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་ཀྲུ།paltru-

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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 Peltu
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