Pelzang Surname

921,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Pelzang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pelzang Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan2791:2,208164
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Pelzang (111) may also be a first name.

Pelzang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pelzang (Tibetan: དཔལ་བཟང་།) occurs more in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelzang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 921,780th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pelzang are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Tibeto-South Asia. It is also the 890,531st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 111 people.

The last name is most numerous in Bhutan, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 2,208. In Bhutan it is mostly found in: Trashigang District, where 24 percent reside, Thimphu District, where 19 percent reside and Pemagatshel District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Bhutan it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelsang8645/
Peljan7727/
Pelsan772/
Pilzan771/
Plezan771/
Pelzen771/
Plsang771/
Pelcan770/
Peljhan71269/
Pelgian71222/
Piljang716/
Plezant712/
Pellcan711/
Plzen6742/
Pelchane674/
Plzam671/
Pelshank670/
Pellesan670/
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Pelzang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pelzang in the Tibetan language
དཔལ་བཟང་།palzang80.31
དཔལ་བཟང།palzang11.97
དཔལ་བཟང་palzang6.95
དཔར་བཟང་།parzang0.39
སྐལ་བཟང་།kalzang0.39
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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 Pelzang
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