Pelych Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Pelych Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelych Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
England21:27,859,030389,889
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Pelych Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pelych is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelych? popularity and diffusion

Pelych is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Pelych occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Pelych reside; 81 percent reside in North America and 81 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 9,538,393. In The United States Pelych is primarily found in: New York, where 24 percent live, Indiana, where 21 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 18 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 6 percent live and Czechia, where 4 percent live.

Pelych Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pelych last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Pelych earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.21% more than the national average, earning $65,677 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelykh836,531/
Pelech831,561/
Pelich83189/
Pylych8378/
Pilych836/
Pälych831/
Pielech771,183/
Pielich77275/
Peliche77123/
Peulich7716/
Petlich7716/
Peleche773/
Peylykh771/
Poylych771/
Pelic73325/
Pelec73229/
Pelyz731/
Pelitsch7119/
Petleche7114/
Pelishch710/
Pelekh673,716/
Pelikh672,173/
Pilich671,189/
Pelechová67386/
Pehlic67299/
Pelici67113/
Pelichová6751/
Pylykh6727/
Pelechova6715/
Pelaic6711/
Pełech676/
Pelyts674/
Phelic673/
Pelecz673/
Pilykh672/
Pelichova672/
Pilech672/
Peleci671/
Pelehz671/
Pelayz671/
Pylyuhych671/

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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 Pelych
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