Pelung Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Pelung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 331 | 1:399,544 | 33,901 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Pelung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelung (Oriya: େପଳୁୁଗମା, Tibetan: དཔལ་ལོང་) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelung? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 821,713th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pelung reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Pelung is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 399,544. In Indonesia Pelung is mostly found in: Bali, where 87 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 6 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 4 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pelung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pelung in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལ་ལོང་ | pallong | - |
| Pelung in the Oriya language | ||
| େପଳୁୁଗମା | epaluugama | - |
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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 Pelung
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