Pepelyan Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Pepelyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pepelyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia501:58,6042,669
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Pepelyan Last Name Facts

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

Pepelyan (Russian: Пепелян) is found in Armenia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepelyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Pepelyan live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Armeno-West Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Armenia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 58,604. In Armenia Pepelyan is most prevalent in: Shirak Province, where 50 percent are found, Yerevan, where 48 percent are found and Lori Province, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Armenia Pepelyan occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 44 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pepelyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pepelyan in the Russian language
Пепелянpepelan-

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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 Pepelyan
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