Pelven Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Pelven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
The alternate forms: Pelvén (12) are calculated separately.
Pelven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelven Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelven is most common in France. It can appear in the variant forms: Pelvén. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelven? popularity and diffusion
Pelven is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Pelven occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Pelven live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 58 percent are found, Brittany, where 17 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 17 percent are found. Barring France this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelvén | 94 | 12 | / |
| Pilven | 83 | 256 | / |
| Pleven | 83 | 211 | / |
| Pelvin | 83 | 209 | / |
| Palven | 83 | 9 | / |
| Phelvin | 77 | 53 | / |
| Pelvine | 77 | 18 | / |
| Pilvein | 77 | 13 | / |
| Philven | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pelving | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pelvina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pelvion | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palveen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pellevin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phillven | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polhvein | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pehlvion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plevin | 67 | 582 | / |
| Palvin | 67 | 104 | / |
| Pilvin | 67 | 85 | / |
| Polvin | 67 | 29 | / |
| Palvén | 67 | 9 | / |
| Plevén | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pelvoisin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pilveinová | 63 | 3 | / |
| Pylevyn | 62 | 13 | / |
| Pilving | 62 | 13 | / |
| Philvin | 62 | 5 | / |
| Poluenh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pilvina | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pillevin | 57 | 3 | / |
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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 Pelven
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