Pelucia Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Pelucia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelucia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pelúcia (1) are calculated separately.

Pelucia (75) may also be a first name.

Pelucia Last Name Facts

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

Pelucia is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Pelúcia. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelucia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pelucia live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,116,575th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 75 people.

The last name Pelucia is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil Pelucia is mostly concentrated in: Bahia, where 29 percent reside, Ceará, where 29 percent reside and Paraná, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelúcia951/
Peluca9248/
Pelucio86332/
Pelucha8655/
Peluica864/
Pelhuca864/
Pelocia861/
Pelusa77476/
Peluco7799/
Peloca7730/
Piluca7721/
Peluza777/
Pelausa71272/
Pelusio71208/
Pělucha71103/
Peluzza7127/
Pelusas7124/
Pelocio7111/
Pelúcio7110/
Pelussa717/
Pilucha713/
Pelucho711/
Phelusa711/
Pelusha711/
Pelùcio711/
Pelushaj6730/
Petlusha672/
Piluicay671/

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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 Pelucia
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