Pelye Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Pelye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
Pelye (15) may also be a first name.
Pelye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelye has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelye is the 2,168,711th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Pelye is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Pelye are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea Pelye is most numerous in: Enga, where 77 percent live and Western Highlands, where 23 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live.
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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 Pelye
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