Pellas
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Pellas is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Possibly of the same origin as Pelli.
- USUnited States1 in 2.6M◐
- FIFinland1 in 80K
- NINicaragua1 in 161K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Possibly of the same origin as Pelli.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,024 | 33% |
| PH Philippines | 651 | 21% |
| FR France | 520 | 17% |
| FI Finland | 482 | 15% |
| NI Nicaragua | 85 | 3% |
≈2,762 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English1.9K59%
- French52617%
- Finnish48615%
- Spanish1525%
- Swedish482%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,851 | 59% |
| French | 526 | 17% |
| Finnish | 486 | 15% |
| Spanish | 152 | 5% |
| Swedish | 48 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 10 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 14 years between 1999–2012. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Paul Pellasb. 1924FRFrench geologist (1924–1997)
- Romain Pellasb. 1961FRFrench artist (1961-)
- Lucas Pellasb. 1995SESwedish handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 314 | #9,924 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 154 | #5,138 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 136 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 116 | #145,028 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 109 | #150,452 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 105 | #144,908 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 70 | #10,913 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 17 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 43 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Pellas?
- Our records include 2,762 bearers of Pellas across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Pellas have the most bearers?
- Pellas is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Pellas mean?
- Recorded meaning: Possibly of the same origin as Pelli.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pellas”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.