Pélé Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pélé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Pelé (186), Péle (3), Pélè (1), Pele (11,408) & Pelè (1) are calculated separately.
Pélé (62) may also be a first name.
Pélé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pélé Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pélé occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Pelé, Péle, Pélè, Pele or Pelè. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pélé? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Pélé occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Pélé are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Pélé is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used forename globally, held by 62 people.
It is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil Pélé is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 25 percent live and France, where 25 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 Pélé
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