Pelwar Surname

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

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Pelwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Pelwar Last Name Facts

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

Pelwar (Hindi: पेलवार, Tibetan: དཔལ་བར།) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelwar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pelwar is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Pelwar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Pelwar is most numerous in India, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India Pelwar is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 75 percent live and Delhi, where 8 percent live. Beside India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paelwar921/
Pellewar862/
Plewar8313/
Pelbar836/
Peluar831/
Pilwar831/
Peluard7779/
Pailwar7739/
Pislwar772/
Pillwar771/
Pilware771/
Pluar731/
Plbar731/
Pillewar71223/
Pelluard7177/
Pihlwaar711/
Pluhar67776/
Pluard67178/
Pilbar672/
Pillewaar671/
Plebar671/
Pluart670/
Plouhar62115/
Pluharz6226/
Pluhard625/
Pluha'r623/
Piluhar621/
Pluhart621/
Pluhaar621/
Phluare621/
Pluharzh573/
Pilworth571/
Pluharova5317/
Pluharová531/
Pluhař50757/
Plebor5010/
Pluord502/

Pelwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelwar in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་བར།palwar-
Pelwar in the Hindi language
पेलवारpelavara-

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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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  • 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 Pelwar
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