Pyelshak Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Pyelshak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyelshak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria871:2,036,12471,256
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Pyelshak Last Name Facts

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

Pyelshak is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyelshak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pyelshak is the 1,955,159th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Pyelshak is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pyelshak reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria Pyelshak is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 95 percent reside, Abia, where 1 percent reside and Kano, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piyelshak941/
Pielshak881/
Payulsak751/
Pielsiak751/
Pawelsak751/
Pielesiak71305/
Pawelchak7142/
Pauleshak711/
Pieleszak711/
Paweljak6313/
Paulchak635/
Pawelzak631/
Pealsook631/
Paulshock59104/
Poulshock5925/
Pawelzack591/
Paulzak5312/
Pawełcak501/

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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 Pyelshak
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