Pilingu Surname

477,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Pilingu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilingu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Tanzania1221:433,94830,252
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Pilingu Last Name Facts

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

Pilingu (Oriya: ପିଳିୁପୂିର୍) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Pilingu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilingu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 477,903rd most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,425,674 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pilingu reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Excluding Malawi Pilingu occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 17 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilinu921/
Pelingu8626/
Pilinus867/
Pilinou862/
Pelingau8012/
Philinus804/
Pelengu7122/
Pilenus718/
Pelinus711/
Philenu711/
Pieleanu67720/
Pullengu673/
Paileanu671/
Plegu671/
Pelinouch631/
Plegou621/
Peleanu5783/
Pelenus5729/
Păleanu579/
Petelguz534/
Peulgheu531/

Pilingu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pilingu in the Oriya language
ପିଳିୁପୂିର୍piliupuir-

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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 Pilingu
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