Family name Pelivan (Pelivan 
, Пеливан 
, Пеліван ) , all around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname Pelivan is characteristic of Moldova, where it is quite a rare surname, Croatia, and Romania. Very seldom, Pelivan is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Pelivan | Greece, Moldova, Albania, Romania, Croatia |
| Пеливан | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Пеліван | Ukraine |
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ion pelivan Moldovan politician, RO (b. 1876) |
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| jure pelivan Bosnian politician and economist (1928-2014), BA (b. 1928) |
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dominik pelivan footballer, HR (b. 1996) |
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| ivica pelivan researcher |
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| ivanka pelivan researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0003-0732-8466 |
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